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About Fluorite :-Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It belongs to the halide minerals. It crystallizes in isometric cubic habit, although octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon.Flourite forms as a late-crystallizing mineral in felsic igneous rocks typically through hydrothermal activity.[11] It is particularly common in granitic pegmatites. It may occur as a vein deposit formed through hydrothermal activity particularly in limestones. In such vein deposits is can be associated with galena, sphalerite, barite, quartz, and calcite. Flourite is can also be found as a constituent of sedimentary rocks either as grains or as the cementing material in sandstone.One of the most famous of the older-known localities of fluorite is Castleton in Derbyshire, England, where, under the name of Derbyshire Blue John, purple-blue fluorite was extracted from several mines or caves.