different between fluorine vs sonolite

English

Etymology

From Latin fluor (“flow”) +? -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.

Pronunciation

• enPR: flo?or'?n, IPA^(key): /?fl???i?n/; enPR: flôr'?n, IPA^(key): /?fl???i?n/

Noun

fluorine (countable and uncountable, plural fluorines)

2. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.

   Hypernym: halogen

3. (chemistry, countable) A single atom of this element.

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References

• Fluorine on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

See also

• fluorene

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Sono Mine (in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) +? -lite.

Noun

sonolite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Sonolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “sonolite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• looniest, oilstone, stone oil