fluorite

fluorite

See also: Fluorite

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?
Latin fluō
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
Proto-Italic *-ōs
Latin -or
Latin fluorbor.
English fluor
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.
Latin -ītēsbor.
French -iteder.
English -ite
English fluorite

    From fluor + -ite.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈflʊɚˌaɪt/, /ˈflɔɹˌaɪt/

    Noun

    fluorite (countable and uncountable, plural fluorites)

    2. (mineralogy) A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
      Synonyms: fluor, fluorspar
      Hypernyms: mineral < material
      Hyponyms: blue John, Derbyshire spar
      Near-synonym: calcium fluoride
      Fluorite is an important natural resource of Thailand.

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    Further reading

    • David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Fluorite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
    • “fluorite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

    Italian

    Etymology

      From fluoro +‎ -ite.

      Noun

      fluorite f (plural fluoriti)

      1. fluorite

      Further reading

      • fluorite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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