Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hydrous carbonate of sodium and aluminium, occurring in white-bladed crystals at Montreal, and in the province of Siena in Italy.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Min.) A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.
Etymologies
- Sir John William Dawson, geologist, + -ite. (Wiktionary)
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Minerals and Mineralogy
List of minerals, elements, group names and geochemistry terms encountered in the science of mineralogy. I've chosen to avoid capital letters in most examples, though a great many mineral names hon...
galkhaite, xanthoconite, pyrostilpnite, polybasite, pyrargyrite, djurleite, digenite, covellite, chalcocite, cerargirite, acanthite, aeschynite and 2608 more...
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