Great description of Fluorspar and its uses

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Fluorspar is now 5x more expensive
than in the year 2000.
Fluorspar is now essential in
the production of:
Steel
Aluminum
Enriched uranium
Petroleum-based fuels
Fluorspar is indispensable in everyday
consumer products.
Uses of Fluorspar
Fluoropolymers are the basis for high end
plastics likeTeflon and Gore-Tex.
Refrigerators andAir Conditioners in homes,
businesses and automobiles
all require fluorspar.
Fluoropolymers are incredibly useful due
to their resistance to:
High temperatures
Chemical reactions
Corrosion
Stress Cracking
Without fluorspar,
widespread personal
refrigeration would
likely not exist today.
Because fluorine readily combines with other minerals, fluorspar is the
foundation for countless chemicals across numerous applications.
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Fluorine is the most chemically reactive element on the planet.
Medicine
half all new drug formulas include fluorspar
derivatives.
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Fluorspar is
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flux - it makes
steel smelting
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Fluorspar products are added to the electrolyte of prototype lithium-ion batteries, improving their:
Future Applications
Safety Lifetime Capacity
Thanks to these Fluorine-enhanced
batteries, the world’s first solar-powered
airplane can fly through the night.
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For decades, China has produced
roughly half of the world’s fluorspar... Fluorspar is not
recyclable.
New fluorspar must
be mined.
It's clear that new sources of fluorspar must be developed to replace diminishing Chinese exports.
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China Demand Is Straining Global Supply.
...Now though, it consumes almost
all of the fluorspar it produces - and
its reserves are running out.