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Fluorine vs Colquiriite - What's the difference?

fluorine | colquiriite |

As nouns the difference between fluorine and colquiriite

is that fluorine is (uncountable) the chemical element (symbol f) with an atomic number of 9 while colquiriite is (mineral) a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, and lithium.

fluorine

English

Noun

(wikipedia fluorine)
  • (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9.
  • (chemistry, countable) A fluorine atom.
    • an octahedron of fluorines

    Derived terms

    * fluorian * fluo- * fluor-, fluoro- * fluoride * fluorinate * fluorination * * * fluorine dating * fluorine method * fluorine oxide * fluorine test

    Related terms

    * fluor * fluoric * fluorite

    See also

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    colquiriite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineral) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, and lithium.

    • References

    * Colquiriite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Colquiriite.shtml]