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Meaning of "wollastonite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WOLLASTONITE

Named after W. H. Wollaston (1766–1828), English physicist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WOLLASTONITE

wollastonite  [ˈwʊləstəˌnaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOLLASTONITE

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Wollastonite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WOLLASTONITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wollastonite

Wollastonite is a calcium inosilicate mineral that may contain small amounts of iron, magnesium, and manganese substituting for calcium. It is usually white. It forms when impure limestone or dolostone is subjected to high temperature and pressure sometimes in the presence of silica-bearing fluids as in skarns or contact metamorphic rocks. Associated minerals include garnets, vesuvianite, diopside, tremolite, epidote, plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene and calcite. It is named after the English chemist and mineralogist William Hyde Wollaston. Some of the properties that make wollastonite so useful are its high brightness and whiteness, low moisture and oil absorption, and low volatile content. Wollastonite is used primarily in ceramics, friction products, metalmaking, paint filler, and plastics. Despite its chemical similarity to the compositional spectrum of the pyroxene group of minerals—where magnesium and iron substitution for calcium ends with diopside and hedenbergite respectively—it is structurally very different, with a third SiO4 tetrahedron in the linked chain.

Definition of wollastonite in the English dictionary

The definition of wollastonite in the dictionary is a white or grey mineral consisting of calcium silicate in triclinic crystalline form: occurs in metamorphosed limestones. Formula: CaSiO3.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WOLLASTONITE


aconite
ˈækəˌnaɪt
amazonite
ˈæməzəˌnaɪt
amblygonite
æmˈblɪɡəˌnaɪt
austenite
ˈɔːstəˌnaɪt
autunite
ˈɔːtəˌnaɪt
babingtonite
ˈbæbɪŋtəˌnaɪt
bentonite
ˈbɛntəˌnaɪt
cummingtonite
ˈkʌmɪŋtəˌnaɪt
Gilsonite
ˈɡɪlsəˌnaɪt
hessonite
ˈhɛsəˌnaɪt
kryptonite
ˈkrɪptəˌnaɪt
limonite
ˈlaɪməˌnaɪt
Masonite
ˈmeɪsəˌnaɪt
Mennonite
ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt
morganite
ˈmɔːɡəˌnaɪt
suburbanite
səˈbɜːbəˌnaɪt
taconite
ˈtækəˌnaɪt
tanzanite
ˈtænzəˌnaɪt
titanite
ˈtaɪtəˌnaɪt
vulcanite
ˈvʌlkəˌnaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WOLLASTONITE

wolfishness
Wolfit
wolfkin
wolflike
wolfling
wolfram
Wolfram von Eschenbach
wolframite
wolfsbane
Wolfsburg
wolfskin
wollies
Wollongong
Wollstonecraft
wolly
Wolof
Wolseley
Wolsey
wolve
wolver

WORDS THAT END LIKE WOLLASTONITE

antimonite
aragonite
arfvedsonite
arsonite
dithionite
ebonite
erionite
glauconite
infinite
Maronite
melaconite
mizzonite
montmorillonite
monzonite
mylonite
rhodonite
saponite
smithsonite
tonite
winter aconite
xylonite

Synonyms and antonyms of wollastonite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wollastonite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WOLLASTONITE

Find out the translation of wollastonite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wollastonite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wollastonite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

硅灰石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

wollastonita
570 millions of speakers

English

wollastonite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wollastonite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الولاستونيت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волластонита
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

wolastonita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

wollastonite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

wollastonite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wollastonite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wollastonit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

珪灰石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

규회석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wollastonite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

wollastonite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

wollastonite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वोलस्टोनाइट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vollastonit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

wollastonite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wolastonit
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

волластонита
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wollastonite
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

βολλαστονίτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wollastonite
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

wollastonit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wollastonite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wollastonite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WOLLASTONITE»

The term «wollastonite» is regularly used and occupies the 61.891 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WOLLASTONITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wollastonite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOLLASTONITE»

Discover the use of wollastonite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wollastonite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Novel and Traditional Fillers for Plastics: Technology and ...
Suppliers of wollastonite include NYCO Minerals Inc., Omya, Orleans Resources Inc., Partek Industrial Minerals, Wolkem India Ltd., Compania Minera llustracion, Rodesco, Quarzwerke, Salmon & Cia, Comindex SA, Seplast SA, Polykemi AB, ...
Geoffrey Pritchard, 1999
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Volcanic Degassing
The November 1996 ash contains dome fragments and vesiculated or moss- shaped aggregates of a calc-silicate whose composition is close to CaSiOi, probably wollastonite. Most of the observed calc-silicates are highly heterogeneous at a ...
Clive Oppenheimer, David M. Pyle, Jenni Barclay, 2003
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Rheology of Filled Polymer Systems
... Wollastonite, 100 Wollastonite, 100 Wollastonite, 230 Wollastonite, 230 Glass bead, 70 Glass bead, 70 Wollastonite, 100 Wollastonite, 100 Glass bead, 70 Glass bead, 70 Processed mineral Processed mineral Wollastonite, 100 Wollastonite ...
A.V. Shenoy, 1999
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High Performance Fillers 2006: Cologne, Germany, 21-22 March ...
And this opened further the door for performance fillers. The legacy of wollastonite for reinforcement continued. Larsson, in 1996, notes that wollastonite consumption in plastics in Europe is about 10,000 tons out of a total minerals market of 1 ...
Rapra Technology, 2006
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Thermal Spray 2004: Advances in Technology and Application : ...
Chuanxian Ding, Xuanyong Liu and Xuebin Zheng Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China Abstract: Wollastonite and its composite coatings with zirconia and titania ...
‎2004
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From Materials to Structures: Advancement through Innovation
Physical properties of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and wollastonite ( Ransinchung, Kumar & Kumar 2009). Bulk density Mean (g/cm3) Fineness grain i Specific passing size Material Dense Loose gravity 45 um (um) OPC 1.56 1.16 3.15 ...
Bijan Samali, Mario M. Attard, Chongmin Song, 2012
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Industrial Minerals and Rocks
6.23 Wollastonite This mineral (Table 10) named after the English scientist Wollaston is formed by contact metamorphism of impure limestones under a normal pressure and temperature of 450 OC, according to equation CaCO3 + SiO2 ...
M. Kucera, 1984
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Wear of Materials
The movement of the molecular chains of UHMWPE of the composites was restrained by the filled wollastonite fibers, as a result, the elastic modulus of the UHMWPE composites was increased with the content of wollastonite fibers. It can be ...
Peter J. Blau, R. G. Bayer, 2003
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Applied Mineralogy in the Mining Industry
A case history of characterizing a wollastonite ore Wollastonite is a contact metamorphic mineral that generally occurs in skarn deposits. A sample of wollastonite-bearing material from the skarn zone in the Little Billy Mine on the northeast ...
W. Petruk, 2000
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New Developments in High-pressure Mineral Physics and ...
Tokyo 171-8588, Japan Received 4 January 2003 : received in revised form 23 June 2003 : accepted 6 August 2003 Abstract Phase transitions of CaMgSi2Of, diopside and CaSiOj wollastonite were examined at pressures to 23 GPa and ...
David C. Rubie, Thomas S. Duffy, Eiji Ohtani, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOLLASTONITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wollastonite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Department of Environmental Conservation hit with ethics complaint
The company is the most recent owner of a mine that has been extracting wollastonite, used as a plastic hardener and asbestos substitute, from the area for ... «Albany Times Union, Aug 15»
2
South Africa's Mining Industry Offers a Glimmer of Hope
The Wollastonite mine near Garies, South Africa. The nation's power-hungry mining industry, Africa's largest, is a main factor in recent blackouts. By Joseph ... «Triple Pundit, Jul 15»
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Adirondack Attic: one-of-a-kind bear carving
So he went over just to investigate, and he saw these pieces of this white mineral, which is called wollastonite. After playing around with it for a number of years, ... «North Country Public Radio, Mar 15»
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Balmat mine owner loses $10.5m asbestos liability case
Inc., which has wollastonite operations in Harrisville and Balmat, has been ordered to pay a $10.55 million civil judgment stemming from asbestos-contaminated ... «WatertownDailyTimes.com, Feb 15»
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Judge allows NYCO mining to move forward
... by environmentalists who sought to stop NYCO Minerals from conducting state-voter-approved test drilling for wollastonite in the Jay Mountain Wilderness. «The Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Dec 14»
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RIICO launches ceramic, glass industrial zone near Neemrana
Abundant raw material like clay, silica sand, feldspar, gypsum, limestone, wollastonite and dolomite, investment subsidy of 50 per cent on VAT and CST, and ... «Economic Times, Dec 14»
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An Adirondack Wilderness Imperiled
The company, a major employer in the region, operates two wollastonite mines in Essex County, including one next to the Jay Mountain Wilderness. «New York Times, Oct 14»
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Plans to replace SA's wollastonite imports
INCUBEX Minerals aims to replace South African imports of wollastonite and could possibly grow into an exporter of the mineral, CEO John Bristow said on ... «BDlive, Sep 14»
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Some green groups turn to courts in Adirondack fight
They hope to conduct a series of test drills this summer, searching for a new vein of a mineral called Wollastonite. But green groups say state officials need to do ... «North Country Public Radio, Jul 14»
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NYCO mining expansion in Adirondacks raises new questions
Jul 03, 2014 — Last November NYCO Minerals won a statewide ballot initiative that is expected to allow them to explore for a mineral called Wollastonite on 200 ... «North Country Public Radio, Jul 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Wollastonite [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/wollastonite>. Apr 2024 ».
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