Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mineral in the zeolite family with composition Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A zeolitic mineral occurring in slender acicular crystals, also in masses with a fibrous and radiating structure, generally of a white color and transparent to translucent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and soda.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
fibrous zeolite mineral , being asodium aluminosilicate , of thechemical formula Na 2Al 2Si 3O 10·2H2O.
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 silicate of sodium and aluminum
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Stilbite is characterized by its form, difficult gelatinizing, and intumescence before the blowpipe; from natrolite as mentioned under that species.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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-- Small quantities of this beautiful mineral have been found in Shaft No. 2, in a small bed of but a few square feet in area, but quite thick and appearing much like natrolite.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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The bed holding the upright crystals is also natrolite in confused matted masses.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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Pectolite sometimes resembles some of the others, but may be readily distinguished by its _tough_ long fibers, not brittle like natrolite.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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There is, however, a very fine vein of pectolite about twenty-five feet further east from the natrolite bed; it runs from the floor to ceiling, and is about two inches in thickness; some specimens of which I took from these were unusually unique in both size and appearance.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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They form a large class of minerals of which Thomsonite and natrolite may be selected as examples --
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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It generally occurs in the form shown in Fig. 9, grouped very similarly to natrolite, and being right upon the rock or a thin bed of itself.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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This natrolite is a grouping of very small but perfect crystals, having the forms shown in Fig. 5; they are from a quarter to an inch long, and, if not perfectly transparent, are of a pure white color; they may be readily recognized by their form, and occurring in this bed.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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Ekkehardt furnishing an occasion for a visit to the Hohentwiel mountain in search of that golden-tinted natrolite mineral, which was duly found
Alone Norman Douglas 1910
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On the atomic level deformations in the auxetic zeolite natrolite
iMechanica - Comments Ajay B Harish 2010
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