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scapolite

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scap·o·lite  (skp-lt)
n.
Any of a series of variously colored, often fluorescent mineral silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium. Also called wernerite.

[Latin scpus, stalk; see scape1 + -lite (from the prismatic shape of its crystals).]

scapolite [ˈskæpəˌlaɪt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) any of a group of colourless, white, grey, or violet fluorescent minerals consisting of sodium or calcium aluminium silicate, carbonate, and chloride in tetragonal crystalline form. They occur mainly in impure limestones and pegmatites Also called wernerite
[from German Skapolith, from Greek skapos rod + -lite]


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