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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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. countable, uncountable

   "Near-synonym: calcium fluoride"

2. 2
   a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

fluorfluorsparcalcium fluoridecalcium fluoridederbyshire sparfluor

Example

More examples

"Fluorite is an important natural resource of Thailand."

Etymology

From fluor + -ite.

Related phrases

blue johncalcium fluoridehydrofluoric acid

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