Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
haüyne .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcanic rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.
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- noun mineralogy An
isometric tectosilicate feldspathoid mineral withsulfate andchloride .
Etymologies
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René Just Haüy, (1743-1822), French crystallographer, and -ite.
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