coesite

[ koh-sahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coesite¹

1950–55; named after Loring Coes, Jr., 20th-century American who synthesized it; -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The other silica polymorph was quartz, which lay like a ring around the coesite.

From Science Daily

The most important discovery was that spoke-shaped cracks radiated from the SiO2 inclusions in all directions: the result of the phase transition from coesite to quartz.

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"What is special about them is the large amount of coesite. The coesite crystals in the whiteschist are several hundred micrometers in size, which makes them ideal for our experiments."

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