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Crystal Structure: Packing Spheres

Unit Cell of Fluorite

Unit Cell of Fluorite

This shows the simplest repeating unit within a crystal of the molecule fluorite, or calcium fluoride (CaF2). Notice that this unit cell contains several atoms. Calcium ions are depicted as gray spheres, and fluorine ions are yellow.

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