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Definition of Selenite

1. n. A salt of selenious acid.

2. n. A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.

Definition of Selenite

1. Noun. (minerology) A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO₄·2H₂O). ¹

2. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) The anion SeO₃²⁻ derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Selenite

1. a variety of gypsum [n -S]

Medical Definition of Selenite

1. A salt of selenious acid. A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses. Origin: L. Selenites, Gr. (sc), from the moon. So called from a fancied resemblance in luster or appearance to the moon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Selenite

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

1. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"Sol. in H2O2+Aq. (Barbieri, B. 1910, 43. 2215.) Chromium selenite, basic ... Didymium selenite, Dia(SeO,)i+61 Precipitate. 'Simili Didymium selenite, acid, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"Iron (ferrous) selenite. Ppt. Sol. in HCl+Aq with partial ... Lithium hydrogen selenite, I л I ! S< к Ven' sol. in H2O. (Nilson. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey (1896)
"Lead selenite, Г1 ,s, < ) , Scarcely sol. in H20, even when it contains ... Manganic selenite, Mn2(Se03)3 + 5H20. (Langier.) Manganic selenite, acid, Mu20:{ ..."

4. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1904)
"The selenite crystals occur in the Laramie clays just below a small seam of ... selenite is found almost everywhere in the eastern half of Montana in the ..."

5. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1904)
"The selenite crystals occur in the Laramie clays just below a small seam of ... selenite is found almost everywhere in the eastern half of Montana in the ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Microscope: Including the Different by John Quekett (1855)
"A piece of plate-glass, three or more inches long, and an inch-and-a- half wide, with a raised edge, having a thin lamina of selenite cemented upon it, ..."

7. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"100-00 C. selenite OP ... Selenious acid added to nitrate of silver-oxide, throws down the mono- selenite in the form of a white powder. ..."

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