"fluorspar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fluorspars [plural], fluor spar [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Blend of fluorite + spar (“mineral, crystal”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:blend|fluorite|spar<id:mineralogy>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar, {{blend|en|fluorite|spar}} Blend of fluorite + spar Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} fluorspar (usually uncountable, plural fluorspars)
  1. Synonym of fluorite. Wikidata QID: Q102151 Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: fluorite [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: fluorescence Translations (halide mineral composed of calcium fluoride): fluorisälpä (Finnish), murra [feminine] (Latin)

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Alternative forms

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