Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrated calcium borosilicate occurring in massive white forms at the borax-mines in San Bernardino county, California.
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- noun mineralogy A monoclinic-prismatic
mineral containingboron ,calcium ,hydrogen ,oxygen , andsilicon .
Etymologies
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From Baker + -ite, after the area of Baker, California where it occurs.
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