different between zeolite vs pollucite

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

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Noun

zeolite f (plural zeoliti)

1. (mineralogy) zeolite

English

Etymology

Latin Polluc-, Pollux Pollux + English -ite (after German pollux pollucite)

Noun

pollucite (plural pollucites)

1. (mineralogy) A colorless transparent mineral of the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurring massive or crystallizing in cubes.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Pollucite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “pollucite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
• pollucite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.