English Explanatory Dictionary

lawsonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A metamorphic silicate mineral related to the epidotes; it is a sorosilicate, based on the dimeric anion Si₂O₇⁶⁻

Word forms

lawsonite lawsonites

Etymology

From Lawson + -ite, after geologist Andrew Lawson.

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