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wollastonite

wollastonite noun: a grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone.

wollastonite: a grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone
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Noun

wollastonite (countable and uncountable, plural wollastonites)

  1. A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone.

Forms of wollastonite

pluralwollastonites

Origin of wollastonite

From Wollaston + -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.

Words formed from wollastonite

Questions about wollastonite

What does wollastonite mean?
Wollastonite means a grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone.
What part of speech is wollastonite?
Wollastonite is a noun.
What is the plural of wollastonite?
The plural of wollastonite is wollastonites.

Words near wollastonite in the dictionary

  1. Wollaston doublets
  2. Wollaston prism
  3. Wollaston prisms
  4. Wollaston's doublet
  5. Wollaston's doublets
  6. wollastonite
  7. wollastonites
  8. wollastonitic
  9. Wollaton
  10. Wollemi
  11. Wollemi pine

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