Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mineralogy, same as
dysclasite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
silicate mineral associated withzeolites , having thechemical formula (CaSi2O5·2H2O).
Etymologies
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Lorenz Oken (1779-1851), German naturalist, and -ite.
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(_q. v._), which is itself an acid calcium silicate containing an alkaline fluoride, by okenite, H_2Ca (SiO_3) _2·H_2O, and by xonalite 4CaSiO_3·H_2O.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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