wollastonite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Wollaston + -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.
Noun[edit]
wollastonite (countable and uncountable, plural wollastonites)
- (mineralogy) A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO3, found deposited in limestone.
Translations[edit]
grey inosilicate mineral
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
wollastonite f (plural wollastonites)
Further reading[edit]
- “wollastonite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
wollastonite f (uncountable) (European spelling)
- (mineralogy) wollastonite (a grey inosilicate mineral)
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