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scapolite
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scapolite, n. [Gr. a staff, or L. scapus a stem, stalk + -lite: cf. F. scapolite.].
A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda. [1913 Webster]
" The scapolite group includes scapolite proper, or wernerite, also meionite, dipyre, etc."
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