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Fluorite Properties

Classification Halide Mineral
Hardness 4
Specific Gravity 3.0 to 3.2
Color Blue, Colorless
Streak Color White
Cleavage Octahedron
Crystallography Cubic
Refractive Index
Chemistry CaF2
Localities
Uses

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Fluorite
Elmwood Mine
Fluorite
Elmwood Mine
Fluorite on Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine
Fluorite
Elmwood Mine

  

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