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Definition of Fluorite

1. Noun. A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine.

Definition of Fluorite

1. n. 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.

Definition of Fluorite

1. Noun. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluorite

1. a mineral [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fluorite

1. Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colours, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluorite

Literary usage of Fluorite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey (1907)
"Besides the characteristics pointed out for crystals of fluorite of the ... For a list of observed forms of fluorite crystals, reference is made to Dana's ..."

2. Guide to the Mineral Collections in the Illinois State Museum by Alja Robinson Crook, Illinois State Museum (1920)
"fluorite simple faces with low parameters. Multitudes of minute cubic crystals ... fluorite displays many beautiful colors. Large yellow cubes with corners ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1907)
"fluorite and Barite in Tennessee. Author's Postscript to a Paper on " Lead- and ... The occurrence of barite and fluorite with lead-ores in Tennessee was ..."

4. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"The chief source of fluorite is southern Illinois,6 where lower ... Some galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite are associated with the fluorite. ..."

5. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"The chief source of fluorite is southern Illinois,5 where lower ... Some galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite are associated with the fluorite. ..."

6. General Economic Geology: A Textbook by William Harvey Emmons (1922)
"The chief source of fluorite is southern Illinois,3 where lower ... Some galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite are associated with the fluorite. ..."

7. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"By the action of alkaline waters fluorite alters into calcite (rhombohedral; sp. gr. 2.7135). Supposing the alkaline compound to be sodium carbonate, ..."

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