Fluorite, Faceted, Natural, Drop, One Pendant, 36x20mm

Fluorite, Faceted, Natural, Drop, One Pendant with Metal Alloy Bail, 36x20mm 

Fluorite, also called fluorspar, is the mineral form of calcium fluoride. It comes in lots of colors, but blue is the rarest. The most prized fluorite specimens come from Swiss and French Alps. Fluorite is also found worldwide in China, South Africa, Mongolia, France, Russia, and central North America. It was named in 1797 from Latin for "to flow". Fluorite is one of the more famous fluorescent minerals. In fact, the word "fluorescent" is derived from the mineral Fluorite.

Fluorite is a very popular mineral, and it naturally occurs in all colors of the spectrum, including purple, lilac, golden-yellow, green, colorless, blue, pink, champagne and brown. It is one of the most varied colored minerals in the mineral kingdom.

Fluorite is the state mineral of Illinois.

Hardness Scale is 4-4.5

This is a natural stone that has had no treatment other than cutting, drilling, and polishing in China.

Metal Alloy is a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, base metals, to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion. In mining and economics, base metals refer to industrial non-ferrous metals excluding precious metals, like silver, gold, and platinum. Base Metals include copper, aluminum, nickel, tin, zinc antimony, bismuth, lead and many more. Metal Alloy, also known as Pewter and is usually a tin based alloy 85-95% of the time but could also be zinc based.

In December of 1994, The US Safe Drinking Water Act defined Lead-free as having less than 0.25% lead content. Most newly made solid pewter on the market today is considered lead free by these standards. But it is still recommended to not give children Metal Alloy jewelry if there is any chance, they will put it in their mouths!