Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [After Prince Christian Frederik of Denmark.] A variety of the feldspar anorthite, from the Monte Somma on Vesuvius.
- noun [After
Christian VIII. of Denmark.] A name sometimes given to the zeolite phillipsite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Same as
anorthite . - noun See
phillipsite .
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- noun mineralogy Alternative term for
phillipsite .
Etymologies
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Christian VIII of Denmark, + -ite.
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