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  fluor

  noun

  fluorite.
• fluor-
  fluor-

  combining form

  a variant of fluoro-

fluor

American  

[floo-awr, -er] / ˈflu ɔr, -ər /

noun

Mineralogy.

1. fluorite.

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fluor- ¹ British  

combining form

1. a variant of fluoro-

   fluorene

   fluorine

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fluor ² British  

/ ˈfluːɔː /

noun

1. another name for fluorspar

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Etymology

Origin of fluor

First recorded in 1615–25, fluor is from the Latin word fluor a flowing; so called from its use as a flux

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The fluor is believed to make skis faster as it creates a layer that repels moisture and dirt.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

We have in Mexico considerable manganese ore and fluor spar, as well, two articles found in very small quantities in the United States.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the folds of Mexico's hills lie great deposits of antimony, manganese, mercury, tungsten, fluor spar, molybdenum.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a further remarkable mineral collection at the house, with fine specimens of sulphuret of tin and copper, malachite, fluor, crystals, topaz, with some blocks of prehistoric tin.

From The Cornwall Coast by Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon

We have strata made solid by the formation of fluor, a substance not soluble, so far as we know, by water.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by James Hutton