different between gehlenite vs melilite

gehlenite

English

Noun

gehlenite (usually uncountable, plural gehlenites)

  1. (mineralogy) A particular kind of sorosilicate.

Further reading

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

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melilite

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ???? (méli, honey) +? -lite.

Noun

melilite (countable and uncountable, plural melilites)

  1. (mineralogy) any mineral consisting of a solid solution of gehlenite (Ca2Al2SiO7) and akermanite (Ca2MgSi2O7)

Further reading

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

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