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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Named after Count

Cancrin

, a minister of finance in Russia.]

(Min.)

A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.

Cancrinite

cancrinite ‎(plural cancrinites)

(mineralogy) Any of a family of feldspathoid minerals that are mixed carbonates and aluminosilicates of sodium and calcium.