General Information:
Chemical Formula:
CaF2
Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 78.07 gm)
Calcium 51.33 % Ca
Fluorine 48.67 % F
Empirical Formula:
CaF2
Environment:
Low temperature vien deposits.
Locality:
Common world wide.
Name Origin:
Named after its composition containing fluorine (Latin, fluere = "to flow").
Physical Properties:
Cleavage:
[111] Perfect, [111] Perfect, [111] Perfect
Color:
white, yellow, green, red, or blue.
Density:
3.01 - 3.25, Average = 3.13
Diaphaniety:
Transparent to subtranslucent
Habits:
Crystalline - Coarse - Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals., Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock., Disseminated - Occurs in small, d istinct particles dispersed in matrix.
Hardness:
4 - Fluorite
Luminescence:
Fluorescent, Short UV=blue, Long UV=blue.
Luster:
Vitreous (Glassy)
Streak:
white
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