WOLLASTONITE
wollastonite
(noun) a white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone; a silicate of calcium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wollastonite (countable and uncountable, plural wollastonites)
(mineral) A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO3, found deposited in limestone.
Source: Wiktionary
Wol"las*ton*ite, n. Etym: [After Dr. W. H. Wollaston, an English chemist, who died in 1828.] (Min.)
Definition: A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals; tabular spar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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