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Definition: CLEAVELANDITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Cleavelandite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Cleavelandite \Cleave"land*ite\, noun. [From Professor Parker Cleaveland.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: CLEAVELANDITE

Domain Definition
Mining A white, lamellar, or leaflike variety of albite, having an almost pure Ab content and commonly forming fan-shaped aggregates of tabular crystals that show mosaic development and appear as though bent; formed as a late-stage mineral in pegmatites, replacing other minerals. Also spelled clevelandite. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: CLEAVELANDITE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CLEAVELANDITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Cleavelandite \Cleave"land*ite\, noun. [From Professor Parker Cleaveland.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: CLEAVELANDITE

DomainDefinition
MiningA white, lamellar, or leaflike variety of albite, having an almost pure Ab content and commonly forming fan-shaped aggregates of tabular crystals that show mosaic development and appear as though bent; formed as a late-stage mineral in pegmatites, replacing other minerals. Also spelled clevelandite. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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