phillipsite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: phillipsite	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for phillipsite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phillipsite n a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phillipsite \Phil"lips*ite\, n. [So named after John Phillips, an English mineralogist.] (Min.) (a) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also {christianite}.