wollastoniten.
/ˈwʊləstənʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
Native metasilicate of calcium; tabular spar. Applied also by T. Thomson to pectolite n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > inosilicates single chain > [noun] > pyroxenoid > wollastonite
schaalstein1804
table spar1814
wollastonite1823
grammite1826
pseudowollastonite1905
parawollastonite1935
1823 W. Phillips Elem. Introd. Mineral. (ed. 3) 211 Wollastonite... This substance occurs in the lava of Capo di Bove, near Rome, in small masses.
1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. 131 This was the reason which led me to give the appellation Wollastonite to the present species, which occurs..near Kilsyth... It is related to table spar.
1888 F. Rutley Rock-forming Minerals 183 Wollastonite..occurs as a rock-forming mineral chiefly in..rod-like or platy crystals.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1823- pre-anaphoral
- pre-anesthetic
- pre-animism
- pre-animistic
- pre-announce
- pre-announced
- pre-announcement
- pre-announcements
- pre-announcer
- pre-announcing
- pre-anticipate
- pre-antiquity
- pre-aortic
- pre-apicial
- pre-appoint
- pre-appointed
- pre-appointment
- pre-apprise
- pre-approval
- pre-approvals
- pre-approve
- pre-approved
- pre-approving
- pre-aptitude
- pre-arm