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Meaning of PHILLIPSITE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum
 
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 See Also: zeolite

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Phil"lips*ite\, n. [So named after John Phillips,
an English mineralogist.] (Min.)
(a) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a
    zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin
    crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also
    {christianite}.
 

 

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