Definition of Fluorete
Flu"or*ite (?), n. (Min.)
Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white,
yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing
commonly in cubes with perfect octahedral cleavage; also massive. It
is used as a flux. Some varieties are used for ornamental vessels.
Also called fluor spar, or simply fluor.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a widely occuring mineral, (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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