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stishovite
stish·ov·ite S0766000 (stĭsh′ə-vīt′)n. A dense tetragonal polymorph of quartz that is formed under great pressure and is often associated with meteoroid impact.
[After Sergei Mikhailovich Stishov (born 1937), Russian mineralogist.]stishovite
stishovite[′stish·ə‚vīt] (mineralogy) SiO2 A polymorph of quartz, a dense, fine-grained mineral formed under very high pressure (about 1 × 106 pounds per square inch or 7 × 109 pascals); it is the only mineral in which the silicon atom has a coordination number of six; specific gravity is 4.28. Also known as stipoverite. |