greenland spar

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   a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine

   Synonymscryolite

   Broadermineral

Questions about greenland spar

What does greenland spar mean?

greenland spar means "a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine".

What is another word for greenland spar?

Close synonyms include cryolite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is greenland spar a common word?

greenland spar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.