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Webster 1913 Edition


Meionite

Mei′o-nite

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Noun.
[Gr.
μείων
smaller. So called in a allusion to the low pyramids of the crystals.]
(Min.)
A member of the scapolite group, occuring in glassy crystals on Monte Somma, near Naples.

Webster 1828 Edition


Meionite

MEIONITE

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Noun.
[Gr. less; from its low pyramids.]pyramidical feldspar, of a grayish white color. It occurs massive and crystallized.

Definition 2024


meionite

meionite

English

Noun

meionite (countable and uncountable, plural meionites)

  1. (mineralogy) A silicate mineral belonging to the scapolite group.