mesolite

[ mez-uh-lahyt, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh- ]

noun

1. a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mesolite¹

First recorded in 1815–25; meso- + -lite

Example Sentences

He also made many experiments with the tourmaline when cut into thin slices, and reduced to the finest powder, in which state each particle preserved its pyro-electricity; and he showed that scolezite and mesolite, even when deprived of their water of crystallization and reduced to powder, retain their property of becoming electrical by heat.

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