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cryolite
CIDE DICTIONARY
cryolite, n. [Gr. kry`os icy cold, frost + -lite: cf. F. cryolithe.].
A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cryolite, n. Mineral. a lustrous mineral of sodium-aluminium fluoride, used in the manufacture of aluminium.
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