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 the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurring massive or crystallizing in cubes.

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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Latin Polluc-, Pollux Pollux + English -ite (after German pollux pollucite)

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Examples

  • Most rubidium is retrieved from the minerals lepidolite (a mica mineral) and pollucite.

    Rubidium 2008

  • However, there are a number of minerals that contain significant amounts of cesium, including mica, beryl, feldspar, petalite, and pollucite.

    Cesium 2008

  • Most cesium is retrieved from the mineral pollucite.

    Cesium 2008

  • These include the cesium - and potassium-rich zeolites, pollucite and leucite, and the lithium-rich mica, zinnwaldite (a variety of the mineral lepidolite).

    Rubidium 2008

  • In there, it is assumed to contain 350,000 metric tons of pollucite ore.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

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