Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as pollux, 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurring with castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a silicate of alumina and cæsia. Called also
pollux .
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- noun mineralogy A colorless
transparent mineral of thezeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurringmassive orcrystallizing incubes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rare mineral that is an important source of cesium
Etymologies
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Examples
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Most rubidium is retrieved from the minerals lepidolite (a mica mineral) and pollucite.
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However, there are a number of minerals that contain significant amounts of cesium, including mica, beryl, feldspar, petalite, and pollucite.
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Most cesium is retrieved from the mineral pollucite.
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These include the cesium - and potassium-rich zeolites, pollucite and leucite, and the lithium-rich mica, zinnwaldite (a variety of the mineral lepidolite).
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In there, it is assumed to contain 350,000 metric tons of pollucite ore.
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It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.
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It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.
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It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.
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It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.
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It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.
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