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Wollastonite

wollastonite

(Science: chemical) A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow colour, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals; tabular spar.

Origin: After Dr. W. H. Wollaston, an English chemist, who died in 1828.


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