Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A zeolitic mineral closely related to chabazite in form and composition, and like it often occurring in rhombohedral crystals. It varies in color from white to flesh-red. Ledererite is a variety from Nova Scotia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.
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- noun mineralogy A rare
zeolite mineral related tochabazite .
Etymologies
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Gmelin + -ite, after Christian Gottlob Gmelin (1792–1860).
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