Meanings
nounwollastonite (countable and uncountable, plural wollastonites)
plural wollastonites
- countableuncountablechemistryA grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From Wollaston + -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque wollastonita
- wollastonitagrey inosilicate mineral
Chinese Mandarin 硅灰石
- 硅灰石grey inosilicate mineral
Dutch wollastoniet
- wollastonietgrey inosilicate mineral
Estonian vollastoniit
- vollastoniitgrey inosilicate mineral
Finnish wollastoniitti
- wollastoniittigrey inosilicate mineral
French wollastonite
- wollastonitegrey inosilicate mineral
German Wollastonit
- Wollastonitgrey inosilicate mineral
Greek βολαστονίτης
- βολαστονίτης (volastonítis)grey inosilicate mineral
Japanese 珪灰石
- 珪灰石grey inosilicate mineral
Norwegian wollastonitt
- wollastonittgrey inosilicate mineral
Polish wollastonit
- wollastonitgrey inosilicate mineral
Portuguese wollastonite
- wollastonitegrey inosilicate mineral
Romanian wollastonit
- wollastonitgrey inosilicate mineral
Russian волластонит
- волластонит (vollastonit)grey inosilicate mineral
Spanish wollastonita
- wollastonitagrey inosilicate mineral
Cite this entry
APA
wollastonite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wollastonite
MLA
“wollastonite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wollastonite. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wollastonite,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wollastonite.
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