Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A borosilicate of iron and calcium, occurring in black or brownish-black monoclinic crystals near Brevig, Norway. It is closely allied to datolite in form and composition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A monoclinic-prismatic
mineral containingboron ,calcium ,iron ,magnesium ,oxygen , andsilicon .
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