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comptonite
comptonite Min. (ˈkɒmptənaɪt) [named 1821 by Brewster after Earl Compton who brought it from Vesuvius: see -ite.] A mineral of the zeolite family, occurring in cavities of trap-rock and old lavas; the same as thomsonite.1822 Cleaveland Min. 386. 1865 Page Handbk. Geol. Terms, Comptonite..occurring w...
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thomsonite
thomsonite Min. (ˈtɒmsənaɪt) [Named, 1820, after Dr. Thomas Thomson (1773–1852), professor of chemistry at Glasgow: see -ite1.] Hydrous silicate of aluminium, calcium, and sodium, found often in fibrous radiated masses, white to reddish-brown in colour; = comptonite.1820 H. J. Brooke in Ann. Philos....
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