pollucite
English
Etymology
Latin Polluc-, Pollux Pollux + English -ite (after German pollux pollucite)
Noun
pollucite (plural pollucites)
- (mineralogy) A colorless transparent mineral of the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurring massive or crystallizing in cubes.
Further reading
- “Pollucite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “pollucite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
- pollucite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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