Mineral Mondays
When I use to think of fluorite I always thought of octahedral crystals because you could find them so easily at gem shows. Then I stumbled across a dark blue cluster like the one shown below and immediately thought of my son's favorite game "Minecraft". Ok, I admit loved Minecraft too and naturally became drawn to fluorite.
私が蛍石について考えてみると、私はいつも八面体の結晶を宝石のように簡単に見つけることができると考えていました。 それから、私は以下のような暗い青色のクラスタを見つけ、すぐに私の息子の好きなゲーム「Minecraft」を考えました。 さて、私はMinecraftも愛されていると認め、自然に蛍石に引き寄せられました。
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History - 歴史
Fluorite has long been used as a flux for smelting iron. The first known recording of the mineral occurred in 1530 by a German scientist named Georgius Agricola. Then in the early 1900s it was discovered to be useful in many other applications such as glass, polymers, hydrofluoric acid and as lenses for microscopes and telescopes.
蛍石は、鉄を溶融するためのフラックスとして長く使用されてきた。 鉱物の最初の既知の記録は、Georgia Agricolaというドイツの科学者によって1530年に起こった。 その後、1900年代初めにガラス、ポリマー、フッ化水素酸などの他の多くの用途や顕微鏡や望遠鏡のレンズとして有用であることが判明しました。
The Mineral - ミネラル
Fluorite is the second most well known and collected mineral among collectors, only second to quartz. This is due to it's plethora of colors and ease of finding the mineral, whether at a gem & mineral show or out in the field.
蛍石は、コレクターの中で2番目によく知られ、採集されたミネラルであり、クオーツに次いで2番目のものです。 これは宝石&ミネラルショーであろうと現場であろうと、多種多様な色と鉱物の見つけやすさのためです。
The mineral forms cubes that ofter cluster together and octahedrals that are often loose. The cubes can also go on to make more complex shapes such as a dodecahedral.
ミネラルは、一緒にクラスタを形成するキューブと、しばしば緩やかな八面体を形成する。 キューブはまた、十二面体のようなより複雑な形状を作ることができます。
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Fluorescence gets it's name from fluorite. In 1852 a the famous Irish physicist and mathematician George Gabriel Stokes named the phenomenon after discovering it. Fluorescence occurs when an object absorbs light and emits it under a longer wavelength. Many gemstones fluoresce under ultraviolet UV light.
蛍光は蛍石からその名前を得ます。 1852年、有名なアイルランドの物理学者と数学者ジョージ・ガブリエル・ストークスはそれを発見した後にこの現象を名づけた。 蛍光は、物体が光を吸収し、より長い波長で発光する場合に発生します。 多くの宝石類は紫外線紫外線下で蛍光を発する。
Image attributed to (Hgrobe 06:16, 26 April 2006 (UTC)) - credit: Hannes Grobe/AWI - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=567773
Some Fluorite Facts: いくつかの蛍石の事実
- Shape 形状 - cubic キュービック
- Composition 組成 - CaF2 (calcium fluoride フッ化カルシウム)
- Hardness 硬度 - 4
- Refractive Index 屈折率 - 1.433–1.448
- Color 色 - All colors.
- Localities 地域 - worldwide 世界的に
I will admit I am not the most experienced in fluorite. I only started collecting it last year and haven't studied up on it much. I did learn a few things while researching this and I hope you did too.
私は蛍石で最も経験が豊富ではないことを認めます。 私は昨年それを集め始めて、それについてはあまり研究していませんでした。 私はこれを研究している間にいくつかのことを学んだし、あなたもやったことを願っています。
Next Mineral Mondays #25: Obsidian - 次のミネラル・モンデーズ#25:オブシディアン
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That's really minecraft like... didn't know those things existed, looks strange, seeing those shapes in real life.
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Geometry is nature. It's amazing to see crystals forming cubic structures.
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