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Tridymite
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Trid´y`mite
n.1.(Min.) Pure silica, like quartz, but crystallizing in hexagonal tables. It is found in trachyte and similar rocks.
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Noun1.Tridymite - a mineral form of silicatridymite - a mineral form of silica            
mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
silica, silicon dioxide, silicon oxide - a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
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