fluorite

See also: Fluorite

English

Noun

fluorite (countable and uncountable, plural fluorites)

  1. 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.

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Further reading

  • Fluorite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • fluorite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Italian

Noun

fluorite f (plural fluoriti)

  1. fluorite
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