Fluorite

Fluorite

compound
CaF2

The glassy, vividly coloured mineral that gave fluorescence its name

Fluorite glows under UV light and gave the phenomenon of fluorescence its very name.

Material

Gallery canvas set in a solid wood floating frame.

Frame

Brown

$70.00

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Shown true-to-size - a 8×10in piece scaled against real furniture.

Crystallography

Catalogue identityFluorite — Fm-3m
FormulaCaF2
Crystal systemcubic
Space groupF m -3 m
Lattice (a, b, c) Å5.462, 5.462, 5.462
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)