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gehlenite
[ gey-luh-nahyt ]
noun
- a mineral, aluminum calcium silicate, occurring in prismatic crystals varying in color from gray-green to brown.
gehlenite
/ ˈɡ±ðɪ±ôəˌ²Ô²¹Éª³Ù /
noun
- a green mineral consisting of calcium aluminium silicate in tetragonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca 2 Al 2 SiO 7
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gehlenite1
1810–20; named after A. F. Gehlen (1775–1815), German chemist; -ite 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gehlenite1
named after A. F. Gehlen (1775–1815), German chemist; see -ite 1
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Dr. Percy, in a communication with which he has kindly favored me, says that the minerals which he has found artificially produced and proved by analysis are Humboldtilite, gehlenite, olivine, and magnetic oxyd of iron, in octahedral crystals.
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