fluorspar


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fluorspar /ˈflʊəspɑː, ˈflɔː-/
noun another term for fluorite.
– origin C18: from fluor ‘a flow, a mineral used as a flux, fluorspar’ (based on L. fluere ‘to flow’) + spar3.
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