3, Halides
MeX (X = F, Cl)
Fluorite, Halite, Sylvite
30 specimens in the collection

Halides

Salts formed from halogen acids, fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine bonded with a metal. Halides are usually soft, often soluble in water, and display a vitreous to adamantine luster. Fluorite is among the most collected minerals of this class.
Often soluble Vitreous luster Evaporites

Minerals of the Halides class

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Deep green crystalline botryoidal atacamite specimen from Australia with mirror reflection.
Atacamite
Close-up of white scalenohedral calcite with green cubic fluorite, China.
Calcite on Fluorite
Yellow scalenohedral calcite crystals on purple fluorite from the USA.
Calcite on Fluorite
White calcite aggregates on purple cubic fluorite from Mexico with reflection.
Calcite on Fluorite
Translucent white calcite crystals on yellow fluorite from Spain.
Calcite on Fluorite
Dark green clinoatacamite crystals on green quartz from Peru with reflection.
Clinoatacamite on Quartz
Pale purple cubic fluorite crystal cluster from Spain with reflection.
Fluorite
Pink octahedral fluorite crystal cluster with inclusions from China.
Fluorite
Angled view of emerald green fluorite crystal cluster with reflection.
Fluorite
Purple cubic fluorite crystals on brown matrix from Mexico with reflection.
Fluorite
Yellow cubic fluorite cluster with purple zoning and mirror reflection.
Fluorite
Purple fluorite crystal cluster on white botryoidal matrix with reflection.
Fluorite
Light blue cubic fluorite cluster on matrix with mirror reflection.
Fluorite
Colorless cubic fluorite crystal cluster from China with mirror reflection.
Fluorite “Ice Cubes”
Colorless fluorite cubes with galena and quartz featuring a reflection.
Fluorite “Ice Cubes”, Galena & Quartz
Translucent yellow fluorite crystal with a dark internal phantom zone, France.
Fluorite (“phantom” crystals)
Yellow spherical fluorite crystal on matrix with a mirror reflection.
Fluorite (Botryoidal)
Green cubic fluorite crystal cluster from Namibia with mirror reflection.
Fluorite (Color-Zoned)
Macro photograph of backlit yellow fluorite showing square step growth.
Fluorite (colored zone)
Purple cubic fluorite with white bladed baryte from Spain showing a reflection.
Fluorite & Barite
Pale green cubic fluorite cluster from China with mirror reflection.
Fluorite & Quartz
Green cubic fluorite crystal cluster from Namibia with mirror reflection.
Fluorite on Celestine
Green cubic fluorite on white quartz from South Africa with reflection.
Fluorite on Quartz
Green octahedral fluorite crystal on white quartz with mirror reflection.
Fluorite on Quartz
Yellow cubic fluorite crystal cluster with calcite from USA showing reflection.
Fluorite with Calcite and Barite inclusion
Green fluorite with galena and golden pyrite from Mexico with reflection.
Fluorite, Galena & Gypsum
Macro photograph of translucent halite crystal with a blue color zone.
Halite
Deep blue cubic halite crystal from Germany with a mirror reflection.
Halite
Dark paratacamite crystals on blue quartz matrix with mirror reflection.
Paratacamite
Purple cubic fluorite cluster with lustrous black sphalerite crystals.
Sphalerite on Fluorite