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Definition of Rensselaerite
1. Noun. A kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler.
Definition of Rensselaerite
1. n. A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles.
Definition of Rensselaerite
1. Noun. (minerology) A soft, compact variety of talc, being an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Rensselaerite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Geology: Containing a Statement of the Principles of the Science by Ebenezer Emmons (1875)
"rensselaerite takes a very good polish, but less so than serpentine. Its texture
and grain is even, and being easily wrought, especially that part ..."
2. American Geology: Containing a Statement of the Principles of the Science by Ebenezer Emmons (1855)
"rensselaerite takes a very good polish, but less so than serpentine. Its texture
and grain is even, and being easily wrought, especially that part of the ..."
3. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana (1877)
"... tremolite, chalcedony, bog ore, satin spar (assoc. with serpentine), pyrite,
chalcopyrite, actinolite, rensselaerite (neai ..."
4. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1877)
"... serpentine, talc, rensselaerite, pyroxene, specular iron, copper pyrites. ...
iron and copper pyrites, actinolite, rensselaerite, (near Somerville. ..."
5. Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1884)
"Calcite! serpentine! hornblende! scapolite! ortho- close, tourmaline ! idocrase (one
mile south of G.), pyroxene, malaco- lite, apatite, rensselaerite, ..."
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