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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral belonging to the zeolite group, commonly occurring in cruciform twin crystals which vary in color from white to yellow, red, or brown. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminium and barium. Sometimes called
cross-stone and andreolite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A rare
zeolite , ahydrated barium silicate that formsvitreous white monoclinic crystals .
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