fluorite

See also: Fluorite

English

Etymology

From fluor +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈflʊɚˌaɪt/, /ˈflɔɹˌaɪt/

Noun

fluorite (countable and uncountable, plural fluorites)

  2. (mineralogy) A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
    Synonyms: fluor, fluorspar
    Hypernyms: mineral < material
    Hyponyms: blue John, Derbyshire spar
    Near-synonym: calcium fluoride
    Fluorite is an important natural resource of Thailand.

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Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Fluorite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “fluorite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Italian

Etymology

From fluoro +‎ -ite.

Noun

fluorite f (plural fluoriti)

  1. fluorite

Further reading

  • fluorite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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