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Cryolite Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Webster's International Unabridged Cry·O·Lite

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
cry·o·lite
\ˈkrīəˌlīt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cry- + -lite; originally formed as German chryolith
: a mineral consisting of sodium-aluminum fluoride Na3AlF6 found in Greenland usually in white cleavable masses of waxy luster and used in making soda and aluminum (hardness 2.5, sp. gr., 2.95-3.0)

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