wollastonite

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English

Wollastonite

Etymology

From Wollaston +‎ -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.

Noun

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wollastonite (countable and uncountable, plural wollastonites)

  1. (mineralogy) A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO3, found deposited in limestone.

Translations

French

Noun

wollastonite f (plural wollastonites)

  1. (mineralogy) wollastonite

Further reading

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Alternative forms

Noun

wollastonite f (uncountable) (European Portuguese spelling)

  1. (mineralogy) wollastonite (a grey inosilicate mineral)