Definition of Coesite

1. Noun. (minerology) A high-pressure polymorph of silica found in extreme conditions such as the impact craters of meteorites, with the chemical composition of silicon dioxide, SiO2. ¹

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Definition of Coesite

1. a type of silica [n -S] - See also: silica

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coesite

coercionist
coercionists
coercions
coercitivity
coercive
coercively
coerciveness
coercivenesses
coercivities
coercivity
coerect
coerected
coerecting
coerects
coerulignone
coesite (current term)
coesites
coessential
coessentialities
coessentiality
coessentialness
coestablishment
coestate
coestates
coetanean
coetaneans
coetaneity
coetaneous
coeternal
coeternally

Literary usage of Coesite

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"coesite has been described by Walter (3) in a Muong Nong-type tektite, and baddeleyite has been found in the Martha's Vineyard tektite and a Georgia tektite ..."

2. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"The paragenesis of the ultra high-pressure structural blocks (coesite and diamond-bearing) indicates subduction to a depth of approximately 120 km as a ..."

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