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Definition of Andalusite

1. n. A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

Definition of Andalusite

1. Noun. (mineral) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅. ¹

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Definition of Andalusite

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Medical Definition of Andalusite

1. A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Andalusite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"It is deserving of notice that andalusite, chiastolite and ... Mica with the form of andalusite.—andalusite is very frequently covered with mica. ..."

2. Elements of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Blowpipe Analysis: From a by Alfred Joseph Moses, Charles Lathrop Parsons (1916)
"FORMATION AND OCCURRENCE OF andalusite GROUP. In Igneous Rocks. Sillimanite and andalusite occasionally occur in granite, but according to Iddings* the ..."

3. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Sir Henry A Miers, Henry A[lexander] Miers (1902)
"andalusite is found in schists which are the result of the meta- morphic action of granite and ... andalusite on Mica Schist, from Lisens Alp (Tyrol). ..."

4. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"andalusite and Sillimanite (All AlO(SiO,) andalusite and sillimanite have the ... Both minerals are characteristic of metamorphosed rocks, but andalusite ..."

5. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"andalusite is a frequent constituent of the metamorphosed sedimentary rocks, ... andalusite is rare, if indeed not altogether absent in the metamorphosed ..."

6. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1840)
"andalusite and Chiastolite varieties of the same Species. ... 186, it appears that the chief ingredients of andalusite and chiastolite are as follows ..."

7. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"andalusite (12) andalusite is generally found in short, prismatic, rounded crystals ... andalusite ..."

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