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zoisite

zoisite


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Zoisite  \Zois"ite\,  n.  [After  its  discoverer,  Von  Zois,  an 
  Austrian  mineralogist.]  (Min.) 
  A  grayish  or  whitish  mineral  occurring  in  orthorhombic, 
  prismatic  crystals,  also  in  columnar  masses.  It  is  a  silicate 
  of  alumina  and  lime,  and  is  allied  to  epidote.