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Which mineral contains calcium fluoride?

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A labeled diagram of the periodic table entry for calcium, showing its atomic number 20, symbol Ca, atomic weight 40.078, electron configuration, and classification as an alkaline-earth metal. Icons indicate calcium is a solid with a face-centered cubic crystal structure and strongly basic oxides at room temperature. — calcium The chemical element calcium is the most abundant metallic element in the human body.

The mineral that contains calcium fluoride ( ${CaF}_{2}$ ) is fluorite. It is a common halide mineral and serves as the primary source of fluorine.1