Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white, red, or yellow zeolite mineral, CaO·Al2O3·6SiO2·5H2O.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral belonging to the zeolite group.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
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- noun mineralogy A common
mineral of thezeolite group withmonoclinic crystals, the most usual form being heulandite-Ca (Ca ,Na )2-3Al 3(Al,Si )2Si13O 36·12H2O.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous aluminum silicate of sodium and calcium
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Henry Heuland, 19th-century British mineralogist.]
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Heuland + -ite after British mineral collector John Henry Heuland (1778-1856).
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