Buy Fluorite Sourced From Around the World
Buy rare and fine fluorite sourced from around the world at Weinrich Minerals. Our fluorites are available in various colors, sizes, and price ranges. Whether you are a personal collector or a museum curator, you’re sure to find something to add to your collection.
What is Fluorite?
Fluorite is a mineral made up of calcium and fluoride or calcium fluoride. Fluorite has a wide range of colors, which depends on several factors like impurities, exposure to radiation, and the size of the color centers. Fluorites from certain localities exhibit a very strong fluorescence than others, due to impurities in the mineral.
Where is Fluorite Found?
There are fluorite deposits all over the world. You can find fluorite in China, England, Ireland, Mexico, Namibia, Portugal, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States just to name a few.
Fluorite Mineral Properties
Fluorite is easy to identify when you review the cleavage, hardness, and specific gravity. It is the only common mineral that has four directions of perfect cleavage, often breaking into pieces with the shape of an octahedron.
Fluorite is one of the more well-known fluorescent minerals. Many mineral specimens strongly fluoresce in a wide variety of colors including white, purple, blue, red, pink, orange, yellow, brown, green, gray, and black. May also be multicolored and banded.
Additional Information on Fluorite
- Fluorite - Mindat.org
- Fluorite - Mineralogy Database
- University of Minnesota's Mineral Pages: Fluorite
Buy Minerals And Crystals From Around The World
Weinrich Minerals has a large selection of mineral specimens in various colors, sizes, and price ranges. Our online mineral store has something for everyone, from personal collectors to museums. Whether you’re looking for a rare mineral or want a new piece to add to your collection, we have just the mineral you.
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You can buy minerals sourced from various countries:
Brazil, China, France, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Peru, Portugal, Republic of Congo. Madagascar, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and Vietnam.