wollastonite Min.
(ˈwʊləstənaɪt)
[Named by Lehman (1818) after the chemist and physicist W. H. Wollaston (1766–1828): see -ite1.]
Native metasilicate of calcium; tabular spar.
Applied also by T. Thomson to pectolite.
| 1823 W. Phillips Introd. Min. (ed. 3) 211 Wollastonite... This substance occurs in the lava of Capo di Bove, near Rome, in small masses. 1836 T. Thomson Outl. Min. etc. I. 131 This was the reason which led me to give the appellation Wollastonite to the present species, which occurs..near Kilsyth... It is related to table spar. 1888 Rutley Rock-Forming Min. 183 Wollastonite..occurs as a rock-forming mineral chiefly in..rod-like or platy crystals. |