FLUORITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluorite mean? 

• FLUORITE (noun)
  The noun FLUORITE has 1 sense:

1. a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine

  Familiarity information: FLUORITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUORITE (noun)

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Meaning:

A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fluor; fluorite; fluorspar

Hypernyms ("fluorite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "fluorite"):

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)