Alternate Names & Spellings for Fluorite: Fluorspar. Additionally, Fluorite is the original of fluorescence and fluorine.
The name Clifton is a baby boy name. The name Clifton is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Clifton is: Settlement on a cliff. From an Old English surname and place name, used only occasionally as a first name. The name Clifton is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Clifton is: Settlement on a cliff. From an Old English surname and place name, used only occasionally as a first name.
The name Clifton was brought to England in the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Clifton family lived in Lancashire despite the fact that there are numerous places so named throughout Britain. Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.