faröelite

noun

thomsonite-Ca (NaCa₂[Al₅Si₅O₂0] · 6H₂O), a translucent silicate ranging in color from white to light yellow, green, pink, or brown, discovered in 1820, typically found in basalt.

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Meanings

faröelite1

nounfaröelite (plural faröelites)

plural faröelites · alternative Faröelite

  1. rarethomsonite-Ca (NaCa₂[Al₅Si₅O₂0] · 6H₂O), a translucent silicate ranging in color from white to light yellow, green, pink, or brown, discovered in 1820, typically found in basalt.

    These ratios agree quite well with those in the variety formerly called mesole or faröelite.

    1882, Whitman Cross, W.F. Hillebrand, “On the Minerals, mainly Zeolites, occurring in the basalt of Table Mountain, near Golden, Colorado”, in The American Journal of Science, volume 123, page 456

Faröelite2

nounFaröelite (countable and uncountable, plural Faröelites)

plural Faröelites

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of faröelite.

    When in Faröe, I obtained at the cave in Naalsöe globules of Faröelite, composed of crystals large enough to afford satisfactory measurements with the reflecting goniometer.

    1858, Philosophical Magazine, page 28

Origin

From Faröe + -lite.

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