Fluorite

noun

/flɔɹait/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.

"Fluorite is the main natural resource of Thailand."

Synonyms

Derbyshire spar calcium fluoride fluor fluorspar fluor spar fluellite fluorophlogopite fluorcaphite fluorapophyllite fluorellestadite fluoritization fluorohydroxyapatite

Rhymes With

insight light contrite incite delight erudite bright twilight

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