Description

Fluorite is a mineral that belongs to the family of salts. It is a considerably beautiful stone and has a wide range of colours. It is often used for jewels and design. Fluorite crystallises in a cubic system, and usually appears in cube or octahedron-shaped crystals, often with natural features and streaks that give the stone a particularly charming appearance. Crystals can be of very different sizes, ranging from a few millimetres to ten centimetres.

Fluorite is known for its variety of colours, ranging from purple, blue, green, yellow, pink, brown and black. This colour variety is due to traces of impurities in the mineral, such as iron, manganese, chromium and cobalt.

There are also some varieties of fluorite that change colour depending on the light, such as blue fluorite, which turns purple under sunlight. Fluorite is also valued for its healing and protecting properties. It helps to improve concentration, creativity and communication.