Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mineralogy, a name early given to several minerals of the zeolite group which are now recognized as distinct species. It included natrolite or soda-mesotype, scolecite or lime-mesotype, mesolite or lime-soda mesotype, and also thomsonite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) An old term covering natrolite or
soda mesolite , scolecite orlime mesotype , and mesolite orlime-soda mesotype .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy, obsolete Any of various
minerals , includingnatrolite (soda mesotype),scolecite (lime mesotype), andmesolite (lime-soda mesotype).
Etymologies
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Examples
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At Bombwe we have the same trap, with radiated zeolite, probably mesotype, and it again appears at the confluence of the Chobe, farther down.
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This is composed of trap (zeolite, probably mesotype) of a younger age than the deep stratum of tufa in which the Chobe has formed its bed, for, at the point where they come together, the tufa has been transformed into saccharoid limestone.
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This amygdaloid with analami and mesotype contains crystals, which the water gradually dissolves, leaving the rock with a worm-eaten appearance.
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Their nucleus is almost as hard as basalt, and they are intermingled with little cavities, owing to bubbles of gas, filled with green earth, and crystals of pyroxene and mesotype.
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The greyish blue amygdaloid contains fendilated crystals of pyroxene and mesotype.
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The greyish blue amygdaloid contains fendilated crystals of pyroxene and mesotype.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Their nucleus is almost as hard as basalt, and they are intermingled with little cavities, owing to bubbles of gas, filled with green earth, and crystals of pyroxene and mesotype.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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