Etymology

faujasite

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Today it means: A zeolite mineral consisting of sodalite cages connected through hexagonal prisms. Full definition →

French faujasite
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  1. French · borrowed fromfaujasite
  2. English todayfaujasite

Borrowed from French faujasite, named after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist, by Alexis Damour, French mineralogist in 1842.

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