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Definition of Fluorspars
1. fluorspar [n] - See also: fluorspar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluorspars
Literary usage of Fluorspars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey (1907)
"Yttrium and, probably, to a less extent as a rule, ytterbium as well, occurs in
practically all fluorspars; and, since fluorspar alone of the minerals in ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"... variety of fluorspar is found with other fluorspars—sometimes as a vein of
purple between veins of green fluorspar. It proved very responsive to the ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"This variety of fluorspar found with other fluorspars—sometimes a vein of purple
between veins of gre fluorspar. It proved very responsive the ultra-violet ..."
4. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"... offer a few brief remarks to amplify somewhat some points concerning the
concentration of the fluorspars mentioned in the paper. ..."
5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"... of radium have the power of colouring certain «ub- stances, glass, porcelain,
alkaline salts, barium platino- cyanide, fluorspars, quartz, diamond, &c. ..."
6. British Manufacturing Industries by George Phillips Bevan, Bevan, George Phillips, 1829?-1889 (1876)
"The splendid crystallizations of many-coloured fluorspars in Weardale, Allenheads,
and Teesdale, the lustrous jet-black zinc-blende of Nent Head, ..."
7. Elements of Mineralogy by Richard Kirwan (1810)
"... and call,* k pearly spar; but he totally mistook its u:i!uiv. for he reckoned
it among the fluorspars, p. 155. In the ye^,r 1778, Mr. Woulfe read a ..."
8. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1897)
"A platinum hydrometer is used for that purpose. In manufacturing all fluorspars
have been found to contain ..."
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