Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It belongs to the halide minerals. It crystallizes in isometric cubic habit...
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Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song is an anime television series created by Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara and produced by Wit Studio. It aired from April to...
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The fluorite structure refers to a common motif for compounds with the formula MX2. The X ions occupy the eight tetrahedral interstitial sites whereas...
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This is a list of countries by fluorite in 2006 mostly based on British Geological Survey accessed in July 2008. * indicates "Natural resources of COUNTRY...
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Calcium fluoride (category Fluorite)
fluorite (also called fluorspar), which is often deeply coloured owing to impurities. The compound crystallizes in a cubic motif called the fluorite structure...
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Cubic crystal system (section Fluorite structure)
the rock salt structure, the fluorite structure (AB2) is also an Fm3m structure but has 1:2 ratio of ions. The anti-fluorite structure is nearly identical...
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also a gemstone) Amosite (asbestiform grunerite) Antozonite (variety of fluorite) Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende) Aquamarine...
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fluorine ranks 24th in cosmic abundance and 13th in crustal abundance. Fluorite, the primary mineral source of fluorine, which gave the element its name...
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Origin and occurrence of fluorine (section Fluorite)
mineral compounds because of its reactivity. The main commercial source, fluorite, is a common mineral. At 400 ppb, fluorine is estimated to be the 24th...
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however, there were significant drawbacks to using fluorite: the low refraction index of fluorite required high curvatures of the lenses, therefore increasing...
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