fluorite

/flɔɹait/ · noun

Meaning

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.

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Related words

fluor(English)fluorspar(English)fluor spar(English)fluellite(English)calcium fluoride(English)fluorophlogopite(English)fluorcaphite(English)fluorapophyllite(English)cryolite(English)barite(English)albite(English)apatite(English)

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