Definition of "fluorspar" [fluorspar]

• See fluorite. (noun)

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• "Demand for fluorspar, which is used in refrigeration and aluminium smelting, collapsed as the economic downturn took hold in late 2008."
• "The aluminium in the form of a fine powder is mixed with the metallic oxide, together with some substance such as fluorspar to act as a flux."
• ""fluorspar" in the ore, phosphorus and other substances absorb light, the issue will be in the dark fluorescent or phosphorescent, the ancients that mysterious, known as "Night Pearl.""