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rensselaerite

rensselaerite noun: a soft, compact variety of talc. It is an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles, found in New York and Canada.

Noun

rensselaerite (uncountable)

  1. A soft, compact variety of talc. It is an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles, found in New York and Canada.
    • To this I may subjoin Rensselaerite, which frequently occurs in thick, heavy beds in connexion with the above.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_p7TAhULD8AKHfJxAO...

Origin of rensselaerite

After Stephen Van Rensselaer, founder in 1824 of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Questions about rensselaerite

What does rensselaerite mean?
Rensselaerite means a soft, compact variety of talc. It is an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles, found in New York and Canada.
What part of speech is rensselaerite?
Rensselaerite is a noun.

Words near rensselaerite in the dictionary

  1. Renshaw cells
  2. renshi
  3. rensing
  4. Rensselaer
  5. Rensselaer County
  6. rensselaerite
  7. Renstrom
  8. Renstroms
  9. rent
  10. rent boy
  11. rent boys

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