Fluorite

Fluorite
Name
Fluorite
Latin Pharmaceutical Name
Fluoritum
Chinese Name
紫石英
Category
Minerals

FluoriteMore Info

Production Regions
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu.
Macroscopic Features
Lump-like or granular aggregate, irregular lumps, with ridges. Purple or green, uneven depth, streak mark is white. Translucent to transparent, glass-like luster. Externally uneven, often has cracked lines. Firm and brittle texture, easily crushed. faint odor, tasteless.
Quality Requirements
Superior medicinal material has purple color, firm texture, with glass-like luster without foreign matter.
Properties
Sweet, warm
Functions
Calms heart, calms spirit, downbears counterflow, warms uterus. Apply to strained deficiency and fright, cough with dyspnea, deficiency and cold of blood and sterility.
Origin
The halide mineral fluorite, primarily composed of CaF2.
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