fluorite
IPA: fɫˈʊraɪt
noun
- (mineralogy) 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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Examples of "fluorite" in Sentences
- The small blue beads are fluorite.
- A large resource of fluorite is left.
- The solid adopts the fluorite structure.
- List of countries by fluorite production.
- Fluorite also has ornamental and lapidary uses.
- Fluorite is a mineral found naturally in nature.
- The refractive index of fluorite is surprisingly low.
- Annealing of the crystal will destroy the colour in fluorites.
- Fluorite also gave the name to its constitutive element fluorine.
- It is often associated with the minerals sphalerite, calcite and fluorite.
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