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From Wollaston + -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone. Full definition →
From Wollaston + -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.