Min. [Named 1799 f. Gr. κρύο-ς frost + -LITE.] A native fluoride of aluminium and sodium, found in white or brownish semi-transparent masses or crystals.
It occurs in an extensive bed in Greenland, and is an important source of the metal aluminium.
1801. W. Nicholson, Jrnl. Nat. Philos., Ser. I. V. 212. Before the blowpipe chryolite fuses even before ignition.
1888. Times, 19 Nov., 10/3. The cryolite mines at Ivigtut.
