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Definition of Scapolite
1. n. A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda.
Definition of Scapolite
1. Noun. (minerology) Any of several mixed sodium and calcium aluminosilicates which also contain chloride, carbonate and sulfate and are found in metamorphic rocks ¹
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Definition of Scapolite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Scapolite
Literary usage of Scapolite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1900)
"The scapolite is considered the equivalent of a feldspar in the rock and the
latter is ... played an important part in the formation of the scapolite; ..."
2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1900)
"(Am. J. Sci., 160- 310315)- The first rock described is an
andesine-oligoclase-scapolite-biotite rock of granitoid texture, occurring in
the form of great ..."
3. Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1835)
"scapolite ROCK. Associated with the limestone and mica slate of Berkshire county,
which extend into Canaan, Ct., extensive beds or strata occur, ..."
4. Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological survey, Edward Hitchcock (1835)
"scapolite ROCK. Associated with the limestone and mica slate of Berkshire county,
which extend into Canaan, Ct., extensive beds or strata occur, ..."
5. The Genesis of Ore Deposits by František Pošepný (1902)
"scapolite-Apatite Veins. This interesting group of veins has lately been described
... The structural features of scapolite-apatite veins are not those of ..."
6. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"scapolite, A {100}, m {110}, h {210}, ,• {111}, C {001}. ... It has been suggested
by Tschermak that all the minerals of the scapolite group may be ..."
7. Manual of Mineralogy and Petrography: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1897)
"scapolite GROUP. The scapolite species are tetragonal in crystallization, usually
white in color or of some light shade, and analyses afford alumina and ..."
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