Melilite definitions

Melilite

1) Calcium mineral 2) Iron mineral
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Melilite

Melilite refers to a mineral of the melilite group. Minerals of the group are solid solutions of several endmembers, the most important of which are gehlenite and åkermanite. A generalized formula for common melilite is (Ca,Na)2(Al,Mg,Fe2+)[(Al,Si)SiO7]. Discovered in 1793 near Rome, it has a yellowish, greenish brown color. The name derives from...
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Melilite

• (n.) A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere.
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melilite

any member of a series of silicate minerals that consist of calcium silicates of aluminum and magnesium; gehlenite is the aluminous end-member and ...
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Melilite

Mel'i·lite (mĕl'ĭ*līt) noun [ Greek me`li honey + -lite ; confer French mélilithe .] (Min.) A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas ( melilite basalt ) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere. [ Written also mellilite .]
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Melilite

Melilite is a mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas of Vesuvius, and elsewhere.
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