faujasite

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French faujasite, named after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist, by Alexis Damour, French mineralogist in 1842.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːd͡ʒəzaɪt/ or /ˈfɔːdʒɑzaɪt/

Noun[edit]

faujasite (countable and uncountable, plural faujasites)

  1. (mineralogy) A zeolite mineral consisting of sodalite cages connected through hexagonal prisms.

Further reading[edit]

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Faujasite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “faujasite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Faujas +‎ -ite, named after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist, by Alexis Damour, French mineralogist in 1842.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

faujasite f (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) faujasite
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