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Definition: EDINGTONITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Edingtonite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)


Extended Definition: EDINGTONITE

Edingtonite

Edingtonite from Brazil
Edingtonite from Brazil

Edingtonite is a white, gray, brown, colorless, pink or yellow mineral. Its chemical formula is BaAl2Si3O10ยท4H2O. It has varieties with tetragonal, orthorhombic or triclinic crystals.[1]

References

  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: "Dana's new mineralogy", pp. 1683-1684. John Wiley & Sons, 1997


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