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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Native calcium oxalate, a rare mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, colorless or white with brilliant luster.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.
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- noun mineralogy A
mineral ,hydrated calcium oxalate .
Etymologies
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Whewell + -ite, after William Whewell (1794-1866), an English mineralogist.
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Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.
August 22, 2008