rensselaerite

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noun

A soft, compact variety of talc, found in New York and Canada.It is an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into ornamental objects.

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Meanings

nounrensselaerite (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA soft, compact variety of talc, found in New York and Canada.It is an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into ornamental objects.
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    1840, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OrqB7elAQrwC&pg=PA321&lpg=PA321&dq=%22rensselaerite%22&source=bl&ots=pj8PiIHqLW&sig=TtiKA3EELWApIeKjjdL3aE3kX0E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfx4SR_p7TAhULD8AKHfJxAOA4FBDoAQhAMAk#v=onepage&q=%22rensselaerite%22&f=false ("Assembly: State of New York, Issue 50", published 1840, digitised 2010). To this I may subjoin Rensselaerite, which frequently occurs in thick, heavy beds in connexion with the above.

Origin

After Stephen Van Rensselaer, founder in 1824 of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute + -ite

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APA

rensselaerite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rensselaerite

MLA

“rensselaerite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rensselaerite. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rensselaerite,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rensselaerite.

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