fluorite
Meaning of fluorite
noun
a mineral consisting of calcium fluoride which typically occurs as cubic crystals, colourless when pure but often coloured by impurities.
mid 19th century: from fluor (see fluorspar) + -ite1.
Information about fluorite
- It is a name.
- The plural form of fluorite is: fluorites.
- Languages in which fluorite is used:
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Hyphenation of fluorite
flu-o-rite
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- fluorite is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
fluorite synonyms
Meaning fluorspar:
Words that rhyme with fluorite
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