What is the correct name for the ionic compound $C a F_{2}$ $CaF_2$ ?

Question

3573 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2017-12-16T16:15:54

$Calcium fluoride....$ $"Calcium fluoride...."$

The mineral form is $fluorite$ $"fluorite"$ ...

![commons.wikipedia.org](useruploads.socratic.org)

...this is a particularly beautiful gem....

Interestingly, $L i_{2} O$ $Li_2O$ , is called $antfluorite$ $"antfluorite"$ , why should they call it this?

What is the correct name for the ionic compound CaF2CaF_2?