fluocerite
fluocerite noun: a cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
Noun
fluocerite (countable and uncountable, plural fluocerites)
- A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
- Fluocerite in the matrass yields water and at the melting point of glass the matrass is attacked at a distance from the assay.1875 [1835], Karl Friedrich Plattner, translated by Henry B. Cornwall, Plattner's Manual of Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis with the Blowpipe, translation of Die Probierkunst mit dem Löthrohr...
- From an analysis of a specimen from Broddbo, Berzelius considered it a combination of the fluorine and the fluoride of cerium. The name fluocerite was given by Haidinger. Crystallographic data about the fluocerite from Broddbo have been published by A. E. Nordenskiöld and G. Flink.1921, Per Geijer, “On Fluocerite and Tysonite”, in Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, volume 43
Forms of fluocerite
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Origin of fluocerite
From fluo- + cerite.
Questions about fluocerite
- What does fluocerite mean?
- Fluocerite means a cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
- What part of speech is fluocerite?
- Fluocerite is a noun.
- What is the plural of fluocerite?
- The plural of fluocerite is fluocerites.
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