| Term Name: | cryolite |
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| Synonyms: | Cryolite, Eisstein, Greenland spar, ice spar, Kryolith |
| Definition: | A mineral originally discovered in Greenland (first described 1799). The name is derived from the Greek kapparhoupsilonomicronsigma (frost) and lambdaiotathetaomicronsigma (stone). |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:39290] ( EBI ) |