a green mineral consisting of calcium aluminium silicate in tetragonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al2SiO7
Word origin
named after A. F. Gehlen (1775–1815), German chemist; see -ite1
Examples of 'gehlenite' in a sentence
gehlenite
The main eutectic reactants are gehlenite, magnetite, merwinite, and diopside.
Mingke Shen, Kunzan Qiu, Long Zhang, Zhenyu Huang, Zhihua Wang, Jianzhong Liu 2015, 'Influence of Coal Blending on Ash Fusibility in Reducing Atmosphere', Energieshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/6/4735. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results revealed that the main phases formed during the sintering step are anorthite, gehlenite and hematite.
Sidnei José Gomes Sousa, José Nilson França de Holanda 2005, 'Sintering behavior of porous wall tile bodies during fast single-firing process',Materials Researchhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392005000200020. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)