Definitions for fluorite

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fluorite fluo·rite

Spelling: [floo r-ahyt, flawr-, flohr-]

IPA: /ˈflʊər aɪt, ˈflɔr-, ˈfloʊr-/

Fluorite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 304 anagrams from letters in fluorite (efilortu).

Definitions for fluorite

noun

1. a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.

Origin of fluorite

From Italian, dating back to 1865-70; See origin at fluor-, -ite¹

Examples for fluorite

Only certain varieties of fluorite show the phenomenon well.

fluorite is widely distributed, most commonly in vein deposits, often associated with metallic ores.

Some fissure veins of fluorite in limestone in southern Illinois are twenty to forty feet wide.

Agricola derived the name fluores from fluo "to flow," and we in turn obtain "fluorite," or "fluorspar," from Agricola.

Rays passing through the fluorite window strike the blackened side of the mica, which is parallel and opposite to it.

Some specimens of fluorite (CaF2) show the phenomenon especially well, whence the name fluorescence.

In England, fluorite is obtained in this manner as a by-product from lead and zinc mines.