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FLUORSPAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fluorspar mean?
• FLUORSPAR (noun)
The noun FLUORSPAR has 1 sense:
1. a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
Familiarity information: FLUORSPAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("fluorspar" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "fluorspar"):
atomic number 20; Ca; calcium (a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals)
atomic number 9; F; fluorine (a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite)
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