The name Fluorite comes from the Latin word for flux, which refers to a substance that promotes flowing and combining of other materials, especially minerals and metals. And in fact the mineral fluorite is used as a flux in making steel and other metals that require the removal of impurities.
The name Colin is of Irish origin. The meaning of Colin is pup or cub. It is also of English and Gaelic origin, where its meaning is whelp, young pup. Colin is generally used as a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Co-lin.
The given name Colinus is noted in the 1191 Pipe Rolls of Berkshire, and Roger Colynes is listed in the 1327 Subsidy Rolls of Somerset. In the modern idiom the name can be found as Collin, Collins, Collis, Collen, Collens, Collyns and Colin. On August 6th 1598, Thomas Collis married Joane Story, at the Church of St. Benet's, London.