Definition of Mesolite

1. n. A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.

Definition of Mesolite

1. Noun. (minerology) A mineral with monoclinic crystals, Na2Ca2Al6Si9O30'''·'''8H2O, of the zeolite group. ¹

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Definition of Mesolite

1. a zeolite composition [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mesolite

1. A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda. Origin: Meso-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesolite

mesohydrophytes
mesoileum
mesoionic
mesojejunum
mesokaryotic
mesokurtic
mesokurtosis
mesolabe
mesolabes
mesole
mesolect
mesolects
mesolepidoma
mesolimbic
mesolite (current term)
mesolites
mesolobus
mesologarithm
mesologarithms
mesolymphocyte
mesolytic
mesomelia
mesomelic
mesomelic dwarfism
mesomere
mesomeres
mesomeric
mesomeric effect
mesomerism

Literary usage of Mesolite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1901)
"Thomsonite, mesolite and chabazite from Golden, Colorado. By HORACE B. PATTON. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., vol. 17, pp. 461-474. pis. ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1834)
"... brain and on that of some quadrupeds, of birds and reptiles, with nearly the same results in all. Chemical Analysis of an Indian Specimen of mesolite. ..."

3. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"The displacement of carbonate of lime by prehnite presents another relation of these two substances. mesolite—lime and soda ..."

4. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1875)
"... mesolite (in soil) ; Long Point, flve miles west of Black Rock, heulandite. ... mordenite ; Scot's Bay. ayate, amethyst, chalcedony, mesolite, ..."

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