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Webster 1913 Edition

Cryolite

Cry′o-lite

(krī′?-l?t)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
κρύοσ
icy cold, frost +
-lite
: cf. F.
cryolithe
.]
(Min.)
A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; – used as a source of soda and alumina.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cryolite

CRYOLITE

,
Noun.
[Gr., cold, and stone, ice-stone.] A fluate of soda and alumin, found in Greenland, of a pale grayish white, snow white, or yellowish brown. It occurs in masses of a foliated structure. It has a glistening, vitreous luster.

Definition 2025

cryolite

cryolite

English

Noun

cryolite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cryolites)

  1. (mineralogy) The mineral sodium aluminium fluoride (Na3AlF6).

Translations

Etymology

cryo- +‎ -lite

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