Historically called fluorspar, fluorite has been used in carvings and Fluorite beads and decorative objects for hundreds of years, but the availability of Fluorite faceted pieces is a relatively new development. Not readily useable in jewelry due to its softness (its hardness ratio is 4), and possessing perfect cleavage in four directions, it is primarily a collector's gem.
One of the most famous of all gem fluorite mines, located in Castleton, Derbyshire in the UK, and now, sadly, virtually exhausted, produced the famous "Blue John." This banded, translucent, cream and blue-purple fluorite was extensively used throughout Europe over at least fifteen centuries to produce stunning vases, sculptures, and ornamental items. The very small production remaining today goes almost exclusively to custom jewelry.
Quite recently, a Fluorite deposit of colorful and durable, highly silicate, massive fluorite was discovered in Utah, and has been given a number of fanciful names: Picasso Stone and Bertandite, to name two. More properly called "opalised fluorite," it makes attractive cabochon gems.
It is a highly sought-after precious gem, which for centuries has been widely used in the creation and encrustation of everyday items.
Fluorite crystal meaning Metaphysically speaking, the benefits of these Fluorite stones have been known to be such things as permitting one to stay calm and centred in one's own spirituality while dealing with the everyday world. Fluorite is believed to balance aspects of one's mind with regard to the positive and negative.
Physically, fluorite makes for strong bones and teeth by helping to remind the body of the original DNA/RNA patterns in the formation of the skeletal structure.
Emotionally, Fluorite centres one's energy and attention in the physical body. It also improves one's ability to perceive higher levels of reality and allows one to maintain one's ideals of health and well-being.
Fluorite’s chemical composition number is CaF2.
Natural Fluorite gemstone is known as the most colorful rocks mineral in the world. It comes in blue, green, yellow, purple, clear or somewhere in between. Less common are pink, red, white, brown, and black. Color zoning or banding is always present in fluorite and determined by radiation exposure and impurities in the colour centres of the stone. Fluorite beads from gemstone wholesalers make beautiful necklace’s .
Fluorite's transparency to ultraviolet light enables it to be used for fluorescence microscopy. The fluorite also serves to correct optical aberrations in these lenses.
Fluorite is also used in some high-performance telescopes and camera lens elements.
Fluorite stones are available in loose gemstone parcel deals or single gem stones or gemstone beads.
