cryolite" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cryolite	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cryolite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cryolite n a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine Synonym(s): cryolite, Greenland spar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cryolite \Cry"o*lite\ (kr[imac]"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kry`os icy cold, frost + -lite: cf. F. cryolithe.] (Min.) A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.