different between aluminosilicate vs chiastolite

English

Etymology

From alumino- +? silicate

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: alumino?sili?cate

Noun

aluminosilicate (plural aluminosilicates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.

Hypernyms

• silicate

Translations

Anagrams

• silicoaluminate

French

Noun

aluminosilicate m (plural aluminosilicates)

1. aluminosilicate

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ??????? (khiasmós, “marked with an X”) derived from ?? (khi, “Greek letter X khi”) +? -lite. So called from the resemblance of the crosscuts of its crystals to the Greek letter chi.

Noun

chiastolite (countable and uncountable, plural chiastolites)

1. (mineralogy) An aluminosilicate mineral having carbon inclusions, a variety of andalusite.

Synonyms

• macle

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Chiastolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “chiastolite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.