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Webster 1913 Edition


Cordierite

Cor′di-er-ite

(kôr′dĭ-ẽr-īt)
,
Noun.
[Named after the geologist
Cordier
.]
(Min.)
See
Iolite
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cordierite

CORDIERITE

,
Noun.
The mineral called otherwise iolite and dichroite.

Definition 2024


cordierite

cordierite

See also: cordiérite

English

cordierite

Noun

cordierite (countable and uncountable, plural cordierites)

  1. (mineralogy) A magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate.

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Italian

Noun

cordierite f (plural cordieriti)

  1. cordierite

Portuguese

Noun

cordierite f (plural cordierites)

  1. Alternative form of cordierita