fluorite

See also: Fluorite

English

A deep green isolated fluorite crystal.

Etymology

fluor +‎ -ite

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fluorite (countable and uncountable, plural fluorites)

(mineralogy) A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
Fluorite is the main natural resource of Thailand.

Synonyms

Translations

mineral

Catalan: fluorita f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 螢石／萤石 (zh) (yíngshí), 氟石 (zh) (fúshí)
Danish: fluorit c, flusspat c
Estonian: fluoriit
Finnish: fluoriitti
French: fluorite (fr) f, fluorine (fr) f
Galician: fluorita f
German: Fluorit m
Hungarian: fluorit (hu)
Italian: fluorite f
Japanese: 蛍石 (ja) (ほたるいし, hotaruishi)
Kazakh: флюорит (flüorit)
Kyrgyz: флюорит (flyuorit)
Latin: murra (la) f
Polish: fluoryt (pl) m
Portuguese: fluorita f
Romanian: fluorit m
Russian: флюори́т (ru) m (fljuorít)
Spanish: fluorita (es) f, fluorina f

See also

blue John

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Fluorite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“fluorite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Italian

Etymology

From fluoro +‎ -ite.

Noun

fluorite f (plural fluoriti)

fluorite

Further reading

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

Anagrams

fluiterò

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