Fluorspar

Name:
Fluorspar
Detailed information:

Chemistry name:	fluorite; florspar
M Formula:	CaF2
Grade:
Metallurgical; ceramic and acid, containing more than 85 and 98% CaF2, respectively.
Occurrence:
U.S., Canada, Europe, Mexico.
Use:
Principal source of fluorine and its compounds by way of hydrogen fluoride, flux in open-hearth steel furnaces and in metal smelting, in ceramics, for synthetic cryolite, in carbon electrodes, emery wheels, electric arc welders, certain cements, dentifrices, phosphors, paint pigment, catalyst in wood preservatives, optical equipment.