"Fluorite" is a word in ENGLISH
Calcium fluoride, 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.
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A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.
Read the complete definitionAn old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. …
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