fluorite

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US/ˈflʊɚˌaɪt/US/ˈflɔɹˌaɪt/

noun

A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.

“Near-synonym: calcium fluoride”

Similar
fluorfluorsparcalcium fluoride
OriginEnglish fluor ← Latin fluor ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? →
UncommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

nounfluorite (countable and uncountable, plural fluorites)

plural fluorites

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.

    Near-synonym: calcium fluoride

    1 more example

    Fluorite is an important natural resource of Thailand.

    Synonyms: fluor, fluorspar, calcium fluoride

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.

Similar
fluorfluorsparcalcium fluoride

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
fluorsparfluor
Broader
mineral
Also see
fluorfluorspar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  4. Latinfluō
  5. Latinfluor
  6. Englishfluor
  7. Englishfluorite

From fluor + -ite.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan fluorita
  • fluoritamineral
Chinese Mandarin 螢石 /萤石, 氟石
  • 螢石 /萤石 (yíngshí)mineral
  • 氟石 (fúshí)mineral
Danish fluorit, flusspat
  • fluoritmineral
  • flusspatmineral
Estonian fluoriit
  • fluoriitmineral
Finnish fluoriitti
  • fluoriittimineral
French fluorite, fluorine
  • fluoritemineral
  • fluorinemineral
German Fluorit
  • Fluoritmineral
Hungarian fluorit
  • fluoritmineral
Italian fluorite
  • fluoritemineral
Japanese 蛍石
  • 蛍石 (hotaruishi)mineral
Latin murra
  • murramineral
Polish fluoryt
  • fluorytmineral
Portuguese fluorita
  • fluoritamineral
Romanian fluorit
  • fluoritmineral
Russian флюори́т
  • флюори́т (fljuorít)mineral
Spanish fluorita, fluorina
  • fluoritamineral
  • fluorinamineral
Swedish fluorit, flusspat
  • fluoritmineral
  • flusspatmineral
Turkish florit
  • floritmineral
Cite this entry
APA

fluorite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorite

MLA

“fluorite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fluorite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorite.

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