Name/Title
FluoriteEntry/Object ID
2004.1.152Description
About Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
As a Commodity: Fluorite (Fluorspar)
Colour: Purple, lilac, golden-yellow, green, colourless, blue, pink, champagne, brown. See also https://www.mindat.org/mesg-631877.html
Lustre: Vitreous, Dull
Hardness: 4
Specific Gravity: 3.175 - 3.56
Crystal System: Isometric
Member of: Fluorite Group
Name: Named in 1797 by Carlo Antonio Galeani Napione from the Latin, fluere = "to flow" (for its use as a flux). The term fluorescence is derived from fluorite, which will often markedly exhibit this effect. The element fluorine also derives its name from fluorite, a major source of the element.Collection
Suomynona Mineral Collection, Suomynona CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2004.1Source or Donor
Suomynona Mineral CollectionAcquisition Method
DonationDimensions
Width
2 inDepth
3 inLength
4-1/2 inDimension Notes
Dimension taken at widest pointsLocation
Location
Display Case
DS-8Room
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Curtis GardnerDate
May 24, 2023Notes
Added current locationLocation
Room
Neil JohnsonBuilding
Attic StorageCategory
PermanentMoved By
Lehman R.Date
August 28, 2009Location
Container
RightDrawer
Back Row / 2nd ShelfShelf
Right, RightWall
NorthBuilding
Founders RoomCategory
PermanentMoved By
Lehman R.Date
August 28, 2009Location
Container
RightCabinet
Case# 39Wall
WestRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
