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GREENLAND SPAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Greenland spar mean?
• GREENLAND SPAR (noun)
The noun GREENLAND SPAR has 1 sense:
1. a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine
Familiarity information: GREENLAND SPAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
cryolite; Greenland spar
Hypernyms ("Greenland spar" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "Greenland spar"):
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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