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Definition of Apophyllite
1. n. A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.
Definition of Apophyllite
1. Noun. (minerology) Any of several forms of a pale pink or green mineral being a mixed fluoride and silicate of potassium and calcium. ¹
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Literary usage of Apophyllite
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)
"I am unable to say whether, in Wohler-s experiment J the apophyllite was dissolved
... It is, however, certain that apophyllite may be crystallized from its ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1863)
"apophyllite, heated before the blowpipe, exfoliates (hence its name, ...
The composition of apophyllite, as determined by analysis, is as follows ..."
3. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1825)
"The geode from which the following description of apophyllite has been drawn up,
was presented to me by Dr. Bigsby, who found it imbedded in the amygdaloid ..."
4. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1827)
"This new form of apophyllite was found in a geode imbedded in the ... This apophyllite
exfoliates, like the European variety, before the blowpipe and melts ..."
5. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"apophyllite is glassy on fracture surfaces and most crystal faces, but on oP(oo1)
it is ... Before the blowpipe apophyllite exfoliates and fuses easily to a ..."
6. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1861)
"... occurring with Calcite in apophyllite in the Trap of the Bay of Fundy, By
HENRY How, Professor of Chemistry, &c., King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. ..."
7. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1827)
"This new form of apophyllite was found in a geode imbedded in the ... This apophyllite
exfoliates, like the European variety, before the blowpipe and melts ..."
8. Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain & Ireland by Robert Philips Greg, William Garrow Lettsom (1858)
"apophyllite. — apophyllite, Phillips, Brooke and Miller, Hauy. Apophyllit of
German authors. Pyramidal. Primary form a right square prism. ..."
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