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Phillipsite

Phillipsite Meaning & Definition
Phillipsite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Phillipsite?

[n] a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum

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See Also | zeolite

Phillipsite In Webster's Dictionary

\Phil"lips*ite\, n. [So named after John Phillips, an English mineralogist.] (Min.) (a) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also {christianite}.

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