Fluorite Stone Beads
The
Fluorite Stone Beads may be either transparent or translucent. In
Latin, the meaning of "Fluorite" is "to flow".
These beads have a wide array of colors ranging from purple, pink,
yellow, green, magenta, brown, red, blue and white. These beads are
soft and cleavable. It is inevitable that these beads are manufactured from fluorite stone and the main sources of fluorite stones are Argentina, Mexico, Europe, Thailand, USA and China. According to conventional believe, people think that beads made up of fluorite stones, help in enhancing mental activities and alertness in human beings. These also make human beings intelligent and increase their intellectual prowess. Another myth prevailed regarding these beads is that these beads can bring additional understanding, truth and wisdom among the users of these beads. Due to all these, these beads are extensively used in the astrological field. These beads are also used during different rituals. Although it is a superstitious believe, but in order to prevent the evil spirits from entering into the human body, these beads are given to the people as a mean of prevention.
Fluorite Stone
Chemical Formula: CaF2
Mineral Name: Fluorite
Color: light green, blue, yellow, brown, and colorless
Hardness: 4
Specific Gravity: 3.18
Fluorite, also called fluor, fluorspar is a mineral often fluorescent in ultraviolet light. Massive fluorite may resemble calcite, but it is heavier and does not effervesce when treated with hydrochloric acid. It is distinguished from gypsum and quartz by its hardness. Fluorite deposits form under a wide variety of conditions: as veins produced by hydrothermal alteration, as beds and cavities in sedimentary rocks, in hot spring deposits, and in pegmatites.
Fluorite, calcium fluoride is a major industrial mineral used as a flux in steel making as well as in the preparation of hydrofluoric acid and in the ceramics industry. Such as in glasses and enamels. It is used in hydrofluoric acid, enamel and glass industries, refrigerating fluids, portland cement, insecticides and to retard tooth decay. Fluorite is also used as a source of fluorine for hydrofluoric acid and fluorinated water.
