calcium fluoride

noun
a white, crystalline compound, CaF 2 , insoluble in water, occurring in nature as the mineral fluorite: used as a flux in metallurgy and as a decay preventive in dentifrices.
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Samarium is used to dope calcium fluoride crystal for use in optical lasers or
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Fluoride occurs naturally in the body as calcium fluoride.
Anhydrous hydrogen fluoride is manufactured by the action of sulfuric on
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It combines with metals to make fluorides such as sodium fluoride and calcium
  fluoride, both white solids.
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