What is the value of fluorite?

Fluorite is the only mineral that can extract large amounts of fluorine. It is also used as a cosolvent in steelmaking to remove impurities. Fluorite is also used in the production of glass and enamel. In addition, there is a large demand for fluorite in the optical field. Its synthetic fluorite crystals can be made into a variety of lenses when they grow up. For example, camera lenses made of fluorite have very low dispersion, so lenses polished from it have less omatic aberration than lenses made of ordinary glass.

Fluorite has bright and rich colors and smooth crystals. It is called “the most vivid gemstone in the world”. Fluorite is not normally used as jewelry due to its low hardness. But because fluorite is soft, when large enough crystals appear, it can be relatively easily used to carve decorations. The mineral fluorspar is very popular among mineral collectors. Especially some good-quality fluorite specimens can fetch very high prices.