Definitions for wollastoniteˈwʊl ə stəˌnaɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wol•las•ton•iteˈwʊl ə stəˌnaɪt(n.)
a mineral, calcium silicate, CaSiO3, occurring usu. in white, brown, or red granular masses.
Category: Mineralogy
Origin of wollastonite:
1815–25; after W. H. Wollaston ; see -ite1
Princeton's WordNet
wollastonite(noun)
a white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone; a silicate of calcium
Wiktionary
wollastonite(Noun)
A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO, found deposited in limestone.
Origin: For William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.
Webster Dictionary
Wollastonite(noun)
a silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals; tabular spar
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