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Webster 1913 Edition


Natrolite

Na′tro-lite

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[
Natron
+
-lite
: cf. F.
natrolithe
.]
(Min.)
A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and soda.

Webster 1828 Edition


Natrolite

NATROLITE

,
Noun.
A variety of mesotype or zeolite, so called by Klaproth on account of the great quantity of soda it contains.