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Definition: Fluorite |
FluoriteNoun1. A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | Natural calcium fluoride, used in the manufacture of hydrofluoric acid and as a flux for metallurgical purposes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | An isometric mineral, CaF2 ; perfect octahedral cleavage; transparent to translucent; defines 4 on the Mohs hardness scale; in veins as a gangue mineral; in carbonate rocks; an accessory in igneous rocks.Syn:fluorspar; fluor; Derbyshire spar. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Fluorite (also called fluor-spar or Blue John) is a mineral composed of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It is an isometric mineral with a cubic habit, though octohedrons and dodecahedrons are not uncommon.
Fluorite may occur as a vein deposit, especially with metallic minerals, where it often forms a part of the gangue (the worthless `host-rock' in which valuable minerals occur) and may be associated with barite, quartz and calcite. It is a common mineral in deposits of pneumatolytic origin and has been noted as a primary mineral in granites and other igneous rocks.
Pig carved in fluorite,
5 cm (2 inches) long.
Larger version
Blue John
One of the most famous of the older localities of fluorite is Derbyshire, England, where under the name of Derbyshire Blue John beautiful blue fluorite is used for ornamental purposes; its softness, however, has been a bar to general use.*Note on colours: The blue kind is often a delicate violet-blue, sometimes amethystine in tint. Certain specimens appear blue by reflected light and green or yellow by transmitted light. Fluorite sometimes phosphoresces when heated or scratched. Other varieties fluoresce beautifully under the influence of X-rays or ultraviolet light.
Crystallographic system Cubic Colours White or colorless, blue, blue-green, yellow, brownish-yellow, or red.* Lustre Vitreous Hardness 4 Refractive index 1.433-1.435 Specific gravity 3.18 Cleavage 1 (octahedral) Pleochroism None See also: List of minerals
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fluorite."
Synonyms: FluoriteSynonyms: fluor (n), fluorspar (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: fluorspar (european union, chemistry). |
Crosswords: Fluorite |
| English words defined with "fluorite": atomic number 9 ♦ Calcium fluoride ♦ Fluor spar, fluorine, Fluoroid ♦ hydrofluoric acid. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fluorite": auxiliary mineral ♦ Blue John ♦ crimson night stone ♦ Derby spar, derbystone ♦ false amethyst, fluobaryt ♦ luthos lazuli ♦ pleochroic halo, pseudomorphous quartz ♦ synchisite ♦ unreserved mineral. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Mineral Fluorite. Credit: USDA. |
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Economic History | Thailand | Natural resources: Tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite. (references) |
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| "Fluorite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fluorite" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 19 | 80,337 |
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| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fluorite": fluorite-barite, fluorite-baryte. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fluorite | 45 |
green fluorite | 5 |
fluorite jewelry | 5 |
purple fluorite | 4 |
crystal fluorite structure | 4 |
fluorite bead | 4 |
fluorite mineral | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "fluorite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fluorit (fluorspar). (various references) | |
Arabic | الفلوريت معدن متبلور. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | флуорит (fluor, fluorspar). (various references) | |
Danish | flusspat (fluorspar). (various references) | |
Dutch | fluoriet (fluorspar), vloeispaat (fluorspar). (various references) | |
French | fluorine (fluorspar). (various references) | |
German | Fluorkalzium. (various references) | |
Greek | φθορίτησ (fluor), φθορίτης (fluorspar, fluor-spar), αργυραδάμας (fluorspar). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fluorit (fluor, fluor-spar). (various references) | |
Italian | fluorina (fluorspar), spatofluoro (fluorspar). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 螢石 (fluorspar), 蛍石 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほたるいし (fluorspar), けいせき (evidence, fluorspar, traces). (various references) | |
Korean | 형석. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uoriteflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fluorina (fluorspar), espatoflúor (fluorspar). (various references) | |
Russian | плавиковый шпат (fluorspar). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | fluorit (fluorspar, spar). (various references) | |
Spanish | fluorita (fluorspar). (various references) | |
Swedish | flusspat (fluorspar). (various references) | |
Turkish | florit, flüorit. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | плавиковий шпат (fluor). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fluorite": fluorites. (additional references) | |
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"Fluorite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: florate, florite, flourite, fluornite, flurite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fluorite" (pronounced fluh"rī't or flô"rī't) |
| 3 | -r ī' t | birthright, copyright, downright, meteorite, playwright, shipwright, underwrite, Wainwright, wheelwright. |
| 3 | -r ī' t | birthright, copyright, downright, meteorite, playwright, shipwright, underwrite, Wainwright, wheelwright. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: floruit, flouter, flutier, loftier, outfire, outlier, trefoil. | |
-2 letters: filter, floret, fluter, fouler, futile, ireful, lifter, lofter, loiter, outlie, rutile, toiler, trifle, tufoli. | |
-3 letters: fetor, filer, filet, flier, flirt, flite, flour, flout, fluor, flute, forte, fruit, lifer, lirot, liter, litre, louie, ofter, oiler, oriel, ourie, outer, outre, refit, relit, reoil, rifle, route, teloi, tiler. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: fluorites. | |
+2 letters: fluoridate, fluorinate, outfielder, quatrefoil. | |
+3 letters: counterfoil, fluoridated, fluoridates, fluorimeter, fluorimetry, fluorinated, fluorinates, lactiferous, outfielders, quatrefoils. | |
+4 letters: counterfoils, floriculture, fluorimeters, fluorimetric, fluorometric, foresightful, futurologies, salutiferous, unprofitable. | |
+5 letters: caulifloweret, floricultures, flugelhornist, fluorimetries, fluorometries, metalliferous, perfunctorily, pestiferously, reformulating, reformulation, stoloniferous, tetrafluoride. | |
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