English Explanatory Dictionary

wollastonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone.

Word forms

wollastonite wollastonites

Etymology

From Wollaston + -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.

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