Definition of Gyrolite

1. Noun. (minerology) A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium. ¹

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Definition of Gyrolite

1. a mineral [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gyrolite

gyrofluids
gyrofrequencies
gyrofrequency
gyrogeodesic
gyrogeodesics
gyrogonite
gyrogonites
gyrogroup
gyrogroups
gyroid
gyroidal
gyroids
gyrokinetic
gyrokinetics
gyrolepis
gyrolite (current term)
gyrolites
gyroma
gyromagnetic
gyromagnetic effect
gyromagnetic ratio
gyromancy
gyromata
gyrometric
gyromidpoint
gyromidpoints
gyromitra
gyromitrin
gyromotion

Literary usage of Gyrolite

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

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1861)
"On gyrolite occurring with Calcite in Apophyllite in the Trap of the Bay of Fundy, ... The mineral gyrolite was first described by Professor Anderson of ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1861)
"The mineral gyrolite was first described by Professor Anderson of Glasgow,* as a new species from the Isle of Skye ; it is stated by Greg and ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"For this purpose, let us look for an instant at gyrolite, the new mineral lately ... That chemist gives 2 (Ca O, Si 03) + 3 H 0, as the formula of gyrolite, ..."

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