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Definition of Greenland spar
1. Noun. A white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenland Spar
Literary usage of Greenland spar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"A native fluoride of aluminium and sodium, found almost exclusively in Greenland,
whence it has been sometimes called ' Greenland spar. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"A native fluoride of aluminium and sodium, found almost exclusively in Greenland,
whence it has been Hometimes called ' Greenland spar. ..."
3. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"... ß- Since the year 1857 alnm ind sulphate of alumina have been prepared along
with soda, from the mineral known as cryolite or Greenland spar, ..."
4. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"Since the year 1857 alum and aluminium sulphate have been prepared, along with
soda, from the mineral known as cryolite or Greenland spar, ..."
5. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1870)
""V.—We should be glad to know of a firm who are sellers of cryolite or Greenland
spar.—J. 13. and Co. Eretti for Dinkel«».- -<'an any of your courteous ..."
6. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley, W. North (1892)
"The materials employed are, in addition to clay, cryolite or Greenland spar, a
fluoride of aluminum and sodium ; bauxite, a hydrate of alumina, ..."
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