Chemistry:Strontiofluorite

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Strontiofluorite
General
CategoryHalide mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)
SrF2
Strunz classification3.AB.25
Identification
ColorPale gray
Mohs scale hardness4
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References[1]

Strontiofluorite is a halide mineral that contains the alkali earth metal strontium and the halogen fluorine, a form of strontium fluoride. It can be considered a strontium-analogue of fluorite, which contains calcium as the dominant cation instead.

It is translucent and pale gray in colour.

It appears as cubo-octahedral crystals up to a size of 0.5 mm.

It is found in association with astrophyllite, burbankite, chlorbartonite, fluorapatite, fluorite, lamprophyllite, polezhaevaite-(Ce) and villiaumite.

References

  1. "Strontiofluorite: Strontiofluorite mineral information and data.". mindat.org. https://www.mindat.org/min-39548.html. Retrieved 2017-03-10. 
  2. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode2021MinM...85..291W.