SCAPOLITE


Meaning of SCAPOLITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈska-pə-ˌlīt ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Latin scapus shaft + French -o- + -lite; from the prismatic shape of its crystals

Date: 1802

: any of a group of minerals that are essentially complex silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium and that include some used as semiprecious stones

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