paulingite

English

Etymology

Pauling +‎ -ite after chemist Linus Carl Pauling (1901–1994).

Noun

paulingite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare zeolite mineral found in vesicles in alluvial basaltic rocks.

Further reading
  • “Paulingite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “paulingite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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