cryolite
noun
cryo·lite
ˈkrī-ə-ˌlīt 
: a mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminum found especially in Greenland usually in white cleavable masses and formerly used as a source of aluminum
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Other scientists studying different animals have relied on transparent substrates like mineral cryolite or hydrogels made of gelatin, the latter of which has been used successfully to observe the burrowing behavior of polychaete worms.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
Scattered on the rocky shore were little white chunks of cryolite, a mineral once used in the production of aluminum.
—Katie Lockhart, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2019
His father worked for the Danish cryolite mining company in control of operations in Ivittuut, called Kryolitselskabet Øresund.
—Katie Lockhart, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2019
Founded in 1854, the town of Ivittuut (formerly Ivigtut) once held the world’s largest reserve of naturally occurring cryolite.
—Katie Lockhart, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2019
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
Scattered on the rocky shore were little white chunks of cryolite, a mineral once used in the production of aluminum.
—Katie Lockhart, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2019
His father worked for the Danish cryolite mining company in control of operations in Ivittuut, called Kryolitselskabet Øresund.
—Katie Lockhart, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2019
Founded in 1854, the town of Ivittuut (formerly Ivigtut) once held the world’s largest reserve of naturally occurring cryolite.
—Katie Lockhart, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2019
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cryolite
noun
cryo·lite
ˈkrī-ə-ˌlīt
: a mineral consisting of sodium, aluminum, and fluorine that is used especially in making aluminum
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