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Webster 1913 Edition
Fluorite
Flu′or-ite
,Noun.
(Min.)
Calcium fluoride (
CaF2
), a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing commonly in cubes with perfect octahedral cleavage; also massive. It is used as a flux. Some varieties are used for ornamental vessels. Also called fluor spar
, or simply fluor
.