wollastonite
(noun) a white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone; a silicate of calcium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
22 June 2025
(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
