fluor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fluor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fluor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fluor n a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine Synonym(s): fluorite, fluorspar, fluor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluorite \Flu"orite\, n. (Min.) 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}.