List of countries by fluorite production

This is a list of countries by fluorite in 2006 mostly based on British Geological Survey accessed in July 2008.

Rank Country/Region Fluorite production
(tonnes)
 World 5,500,000
1 China China 3,000,000
2 Mexico Mexico 936,433
3 South Africa South Africa 240,000
4 Russia Russia 210,000
5 Spain Spain 146,946
6 Mongolia Mongolia 138,000
7 Namibia Namibia 132,249
8 Kenya Kenya 132,030
9 Morocco Morocco 115,000
10 Brazil Brazil 63,604
11 United Kingdom United Kingdom 60,000
12 Germany Germany 53,009
13 France France 40,000
14 Romania Romania 15,000
15 North Korea North Korea 12,000
16 Argentina Argentina 8,278
17 Egypt Egypt 7,700
18 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 4,000
19 Thailand Thailand 3,240
20 Vietnam Vietnam 3,000
21 India India 2,203
22 Pakistan Pakistan 1,050
23 Turkey Turkey 800

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