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Meaning of RENSSELAERITE

Pronunciation:  'rensulu`rIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler
 
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 See Also: talc, talcum

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rens"se*laer*ite\ (r?ns"se-l?r-?t), n. (Min.)
A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene.
It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other
articles.
 

 

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