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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.
Strontiofluorite | |
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General | |
Category | Halide mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | SrF2 |
IMA symbol | Sflr[1] |
Strunz classification | 3.AB.25 |
Identification | |
Color | Pale gray |
Mohs scale hardness | 4 |
Luster | Greasy |
References | [2] |
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.
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