thomsoniten.
/ˈtɒmsənʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
Hydrous silicate of aluminium, calcium, and sodium, found often in fibrous radiated masses, white to reddish-brown in colour; = comptonite n.
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thomsonite1820
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1820 H. J. Brooke in Ann. Philos. 16 193 I shall call the Auvergne variety, Mesotype; that from Iceland and Ferro, Needlestone; and that from Dumbarton, Thomsonite, after the editor of this journal [Dr. T. Thomson].
1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 215 Thomsonite..is rarely met in Irish trap.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius x. 294 Thomsonite, or Comptonite [occurs] in ejected blocks of gray lava.
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