gismondinegismonditen.
/ɡɪzˈmɒndɪn//ɡɪzˈmɒndʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A hydrous silicate of aluminium and calcium, found near Rome.
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abrazite1823
gismondine1823
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1823 W. Phillips Elem. Introd. Mineral. (ed. 3) 211 Gismondine..is of a greyish-white color.
1837 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. 301 Gismondine..occurs in white translucent crystals coating cavities of lava at Capo di Bove, near Rome; and in small purple colored crystals in the drusy cavities of ice spar and other volcanic minerals, at Vesuvius.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius x. 295 Zeagonite, or gismondine, in ejected blocks and dykes of Somma.
1882 J. D. Dana Man. Mineral. & Lithol. (rev. ed.) 296 Gismondite..a hydrous lime-aluminum silicate, occurring in trimetric crystals resembling square octahedrons.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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- subconvex
- subcool
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- subcoracoid
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