heulandite

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Noun

HYPHEN

heu=land=ite

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun heulandite has 1 sense

heulandite(n = noun.substance) - a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous aluminum silicate of sodium and calcium;

is a kind of

zeolite

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CIDE DICTIONARY

heulandite, n. [After Heuland, an English mineralogist.].

A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. [1913 Webster]

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