Edingtonite

Edingtonite

Edingtonite is a white, gray, brown, colorless, pink or yellow mineral. Its chemical formula is BaAl2Si3O10·4H2O. It has varieties with tetragonal, orthorhombic or triclinic crystals. [Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: "Dana's new mineralogy", pp. 1683-1684. John Wiley & Sons, 1997]

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  • Edingtonite — Ed ing*ton*ite, n. (Min.) A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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