First direct evidence that elemental fluorine occurs in nature
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 14:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Fluorine is the most reactive chemical element. Until now the accepted scientific doctrine was, that therefore it cannot exist in nature in its elemental form. A team of chemists has now, for the first time, successfully identified natural elemental fluorine in a special fluorite, the "fetid fluorite" or "antozonite."