The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stilbite \Stil"bite\, n. [Gr. ? to glitter, shine: cf. F. stilbite.] (Min.) A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.
Wiktionary
n. (context mineralogy English) A tectosilicate zeolite mineral consisting of hydrated calcium aluminium silicate, common in volcanic rocks.
Wikipedia
Stilbite is the name of a series of tectosilicate minerals of the zeolite group. Prior to 1997, stilbite was recognized as a mineral species, but a reclassification in 1997 by the International Mineralogical Association changed it to a series name, with the mineral species being named:
- stilbite-Ca
- stilbite-Na
Stilbite-Ca, by far the more common of the two, is a hydrous calcium sodium and aluminium silicate, Na Ca( Si Al) O·28( H O). In the case of stilbite-Na, sodium dominates over calcium. The species are visually indistinguishable, and the series name stilbite is still used whenever testing has not been performed.
Usage examples of "stilbite".
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