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  1. cordieritenoun

    a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone

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  1. cordieritenoun

    a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate

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  1. Cordierite

    Cordierite (mineralogy) or iolite (gemology) is a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate. Iron is almost always present and a solid solution exists between Mg-rich cordierite and Fe-rich sekaninaite with a series formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(Si5AlO18) to (Fe,Mg)2Al3(Si5AlO18). A high-temperature polymorph exists, indialite, which is isostructural with beryl and has a random distribution of Al in the (Si,Al)6O18 rings.

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  1. cordierite

    Cordierite, also known as iolite, is a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate mineral typically blue or blue-violet in color. It is often used as a gemstone. Its name comes from French geologist Pierre Louis A. Cordier. Cordierite often has good pleochroism, meaning it can change colors when viewed from different angles under polarised light, which is why it is sometimes referred to as "water sapphire". Apart from being a gemstone, it's also used in ceramics and glass industry due to its ability to withstand very high temperatures.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cordieritenoun

    see Iolite

  2. Etymology: [Named after the geologist Cordier.]

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  1. Cordierite

    Cordierite or iolite is a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate. Iron is almost always present and a solid solution exists between Mg-rich cordierite and Fe-rich sekaninaite with a series formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3 to (Fe,Mg)2Al3. A high temperature polymorph exists, indialite, which is isostructural with beryl and has a random distribution of Al in the (Si,Al)6O18 rings.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cordierite in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cordierite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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