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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
. Definition 2024
Fluorite
fluorite
fluorite
See also: Fluorite
English
Noun
fluorite (countable and uncountable, plural fluorites)
- A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
- Fluorite is the main natural resource of Thailand.
Translations
mineral
Synonyms
- calcium fluoride
- Derbyshire spar
- fluor
- fluorspar