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wollastonite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
wol-las-tonite
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Wollaston + -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

wollastonites (plural)

Derived Forms

parawollastonite wollastonitic

Questions

What does wollastonite mean?
A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO₃, found deposited in limestone.
Where does wollastonite come from?
From Wollaston + -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist.

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