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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mineralogy, a silicate related to nephelite, but peculiar in containing carbon dioxid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy Any of a family of
feldspathoid minerals that are mixedcarbonates andaluminosilicates ofsodium andcalcium .
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