Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A zeolitic mineral occurring in colorless octahedral crystals in the amygdaloid of the Kaiserstuhl in southern Baden. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminium, calcium, and sodium.
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- noun mineralogy A
zeolite mineral consisting ofsodalite cages connected throughhexagonal prisms .
Etymologies
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Faujas + -ite, after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741-1819), French geologist.
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Examples
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They're bonding aluminum atoms throughout most of the matrix except here -- " she pointed to the octagonal forms " -- where they're bonding faujasite analogs.
Mirage Tiedemann, Mark W. 2000
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What I mean is, the faujasite molecules are composed of similar components, except instead of electrons in the constituent atoms, these have positrons.
Mirage Tiedemann, Mark W. 2000
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"Those faujasite analogs have one other component that I don't recognize.
Mirage Tiedemann, Mark W. 2000
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