tesselliten.
/ˈtɛsɪlʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A variety of Apophyllite, exhibiting in polarized light a tessellated structure.
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albin1818
tessellite1819
oxhaverite1827
xylochlore1868
1819 Brewster in Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 1 5 The tessellated structure..is a property so singular and so distinctive, that I would propose to mark it by the name of Tesselite.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 416 Tesselite, from Faröe, is a cubical variety, exhibiting a tesselated structure in polarized light.
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