STISHOVITE


Meaning of STISHOVITE in English

/stish"euh vuyt'/ , n. Mineral.

a rare polymorph of quartz, SiO 2 , formed under very high pressure, as by meteorite impact. Cf. coesite .

[ 1960-65; named after S. M. Stishov, 20th-century Russian mineralogist; see -ITE 1 ]

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