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Meaning of WOLLASTONITE

Pronunciation:  'wûlustu`nIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a white or grayish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone; a silicate of calcium
 
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 See Also: mineral

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wol"las*ton*ite\, n. [After Dr. W. H. Wollaston,
an English chemist, who died in 1828.] (Min.)
A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color,
occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular
crystals; tabular spar.
 

 

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