Cryolite. World English Historical Dictionary

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Min. [Named 1799 f. Gr. κρύο-ς frost + -LITE.] A native fluoride of aluminium and sodium, found in white or brownish semi-transparent masses or crystals.

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  It occurs in an extensive bed in Greenland, and is an important source of the metal aluminium.

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1801.  W. Nicholson, Jrnl. Nat. Philos., Ser. I. V. 212. Before the blowpipe chryolite fuses even before ignition.

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1888.  Times, 19 Nov., 10/3. The cryolite mines at Ivigtut.

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