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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fluorite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fluorite.html. 1828.
 
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