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wollastonite

noun

  1. native metasilicate of calcium
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Wiktionary

noun

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

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