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Fluorspar

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fluornoun(dated) The mineral fluorite.
fluoritenoun(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.

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fluoritenoun(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.
fluornoun(dated) The mineral fluorite.
fluor sparnounAlternative form of fluorspar. [Synonym of fluorite.]
fluellitenoun(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
fluorophlogopitenoun(mineralogy) A fluorine-rich variety of phlogopite.
fluorcaphitenoun(mineralogy) A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.
calcium fluoridenoun(inorganic chemistry) An inorganic compound and a white insoluble solid, CaF₂, occurring as fluorite.
fluorapatitenoun(mineralogy) A calcium halophosphate mineral, in which fluoride replaces the hydroxide of apatite, that is mined as a phosphate ore, and occurs in the enamel of teeth.
fluorapophyllitenoun(mineralogy) A particular apophyllite mineral with more fluorine than hydroxide compared to similar minerals.
chlorophanenoun(biology) The yellowish-green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina.
fluorohydroxyapatitenoun(mineralogy) Alternative form of fluorhydroxyapatite. [The tooth mineral formed by the action of fluoride on hydroxyapatite]
fluoboritenoun(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
fluorannitenoun(mineralogy) A fluorine analog of annite
fukalitenoun(mineralogy) A mineral comprising mostly calcium, oxygen, and silicon.
fluorellestaditenoun(mineralogy) A rare nesosilicate of calcium, with sulfate and fluorine, belonging to the apatite group.
francolitenoun(mineralogy) Synonym of lewistonite.
fluoritizationnoun(geology) Conversion into fluorite.
fluorvesuvianitenoun(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon (a fluorine analog of vesuvianite.
ferruccitenoun(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, fluorine, and sodium.
antifluorite(mineralogy) A mineral crystal structure identical with that of fluorite but with the positions of the cations and anions reversed.

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