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fluorite

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈflʊɚˌaɪt/ (US)
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/ˈflʊɚˌaɪt/ (US) · /ˈflɔɹˌaɪt/ (US)

Definition of fluorite

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.
    “Near-synonym: calcium fluoride”
    “Fluorite is an important natural resource of Thailand.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree 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.

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