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    GREENLAND SPAR

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorineplay

    Synonyms:

    cryolite; Greenland spar

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("Greenland spar" is a kind of...):

    mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

    Meronyms (substance of "Greenland spar"):

    atomic number 9; F; fluorine (a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite)

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