different between zeolite vs amygdaloid

English

Etymology

From Swedish zeolit, and its source, New Latin zeolites, from Ancient Greek ??? (zé?, “to boil, bubble”) +? -lite.

Noun

zeolite (countable and uncountable, plural zeolites)

1. (mineralogy) Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure (originally, those which swelled and gave off water when heated); they are used in water softeners and in ion exchange chromatography. [from 18th c.]
   • 1962, WH Auden & Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin 1970, p. 284:

     What I liked best were the zeolites from the stacks which rise out of the sea off the coast near Jaci.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

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Noun

zeolite f (plural zeoliti)

1. (mineralogy) zeolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (amugdál?, “almond”) +? -oid.

Adjective

amygdaloid (not comparable)

1. Shaped like an almond
2. (anatomy) Relating to the amygdala

Translations

Noun

amygdaloid (countable and uncountable, plural amygdaloids)

1. A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.

Synonyms

• mandlestone

Derived terms

• amygdaloidal