Fluorite, also known as fluorite, is the main source of elemental fluorine in industry and is one of the world's 20 or so important non-metallic mineral raw materials. It is widely used in metallurgy, aluminum refining, glass, ceramics, cement and chemical industry. Pure colorless and transparent fluorite can be used as optical materials, colorful fluorite can also be used as precious stones and arts and crafts carving raw materials. Fluorite is the basic raw material of fluorine chemical industry, and its products are widely used in aerospace, aviation, refrigeration, medicine, pesticides, anticorrosion, fire extinguishing, electronics, electricity, machinery and atomic energy and other fields.

A fluorite in addition to calcium beneficiation process, which consists of a roughing, multiple selection operations, with oleic acid or its substitutes as a collector for the roughing, the process flow for the beneficiation - crushing - preparation - mixing - sintering composite circuit, in nearly neutral and ambient conditions for the fluorspar ore flotation, the obtained fluorspar concentrate recovery rate is high, product quality is good, low impurity content, low consumption of pharmaceuticals and low cost for all types of fluorspar It is suitable for all kinds of fluorite processing plants.

Fluorite can produce hydrofluoric acid. Hydrofluoric acid it is the production of a variety of organic and inorganic fluoride and elemental fluorine key raw materials. In the aluminum industry, hydrofluoric acid is used to produce aluminum fluoride, artificial cryolite, sodium fluoride and magnesium fluoride. In the aviation and aerospace industries, hydrofluoric acid is mainly used to produce jet liquid propellant, missile jet fuel propellant. In the atomic energy industry, hydrofluoric acid is mainly used to manufacture UF4, and then fluoridated to generate UF6, through the gas diffusion method or gas centrifugal method to separate 235 U. Hydrofluoric acid is the basic raw material of organic fluorine chemical industry, which interacts with chloroform and carbon tetrachloride as refrigerant, aerosol accelerator, spray, fire extinguishing agent, pesticides, anticorrosives, protective agents, additives, fluxes, and antioxidants, etc. In the pharmaceutical industry, fluorine organic compounds are also used to produce liquid propellant for jet engine, missile jet fuel propellant, and magnesium fluoride. In medicine, fluorine organic compounds can also manufacture fluorine-containing anti-cancer drugs, fluorine-containing cortisone, fluorine-containing carbon artificial blood, artificial heart and bone. In the glass industry, fluorite as a flux, shading agent added to promote the melting of glass raw materials. In cement production, fluorite is added as mineralizing agent. Fluorspar can reduce the sintering temperature of the charge, reduce fuel consumption, but also enhance the sintering clinker liquid phase viscosity, promote the formation of tricalcium silicate. In the ceramic industry, fluorite is mainly used as glaze, it can play a color and flux role in the glaze production process.

Fluorite resources are mainly distributed in Asia, China, Mongolia, Thailand, North America, Mexico, the United States, Canada and other places. Africa's South Africa, Kenya and Europe's France, Italy and the United Kingdom and other places also have a certain amount of reserves. With the continuous development of science and technology and national economy, fluorite has become an important mineral raw material in modern industry, many developed countries take it as an important strategic materials for reserves.