fluorite - student specimens of a mineral often associated with metallic ores - massive fluorite - Unit of 5 specimens as classified by Matthew A

as classified by Matthew A

Transparent in thin sheets

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000 feet below the San Joaquin Valley floor

fluorite - student specimens of a mineral often associated with metallic ores - massive fluorite - Unit of 5 specimens as classified by Matthew Afluorite calcium fluoride: CaF2 Fluorite is frequently a gangue mineral with metallic ores. Gangue describes uneconomic minerals that are associated with ores. Used as a flux in the manufacture of steel, fluorite derives its name from the Latin fluere, to flow, since it melts at a low temperature compared with other minerals with which it is confused. Circa 1852, Sir George Stokes, mathematics professor at the University of Cambridge, coined the term