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Definition of Fluorspar

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

Definition of Fluorspar

1. Noun. (minerology) A halide mineral composed of calcium fluoride. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluorspar

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluorspar

Literary usage of Fluorspar

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

1. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey (1907)
"New openings were made by the Blue Grass fluorspar Company on the Tabor and Asbridge, and small power plants were installed. The vein in these at 80 feet ..."

2. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1922)
"fluorspar SHIPPED FROM MINES IN THE UNITED STATES (a) (In abort tons) (a) ... fluorspar INDUSTRY BY STATES Arizona.—On account of the low price of fluorspar ..."

3. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"fluorspar was formerly used chiefly for making hydrofluoric acid, ... Production of fluorspar.—The table on page 232 gives the quantity and value of ..."

4. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"fluorspar was formerly used chiefly for making hydrofluoric acid, ... Production of fluorspar.—The table on page 232 gives the quantity and value of ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1910)
"Kentucky fluorspar and Its Value to the Iron and Steel Industries. BY F. JULIUS FOBS, LEXINGTON, KY. (New Haven Meeting, February, 1909. ..."

6. Economic Mining: A Practical Handbook for the Miner, the Metallurgist and by Charles George Warnford Lock (1895)
"fluorspar.—Until the beginning of this century, fluorspar was considered ... Without fluorspar very refractory ores could not be smelted at all. ..."

7. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1892)
"THE thin and perfectly uniform layer of air, enclosed between a plate of fluorspar and a plate of glass, served as a reflector for the radiations from the ..."

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