cryolite

English

Etymology

From cryo- +‎ -lite.

Noun

cryolite (countable and uncountable, plural cryolites)

1. (mineralogy) The mineral sodium aluminium fluoride (Na₃AlF₆).

Derived terms

• cryolitic

 

Translations

mineral

• Catalan: criolita f
• Czech: kryolit m
• Danish: kryolit (da) c
• Estonian: krüoliit
• Finnish: kryoliitti
• French: cryolithe (fr) f, cryolite (fr) f
• Icelandic: krýólít n
• Italian: criolite f
• Polish: kriolit (pl) m, kryolit (pl) m
• Spanish: criolita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Cryolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “cryolite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• Creolity, creolity