stishovite

English

Etymology

Named after Russian physicist Sergey Stishov + -ite.

Noun

stishovite (usually uncountable, plural stishovites)

  1. (mineralogy) A fine-grained mineral, of SiO2, that is a polymorphic form of quartz formed under very high pressure.

Synonyms
  • stipoverite

See also

Translations

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

French

Noun

stishovite f (plural stishovites)

  1. (mineralogy) stishovite

Italian

Noun

stishovite f (plural stishoviti)

  1. (mineralogy) stishovite
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