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Webster 1913 Edition

Mesotype

Mes′o-type

,
Noun.
[
Meso-
+
-type
: cf. F.
mésotype
.]
(Min.)
An old term covering natrolite or soda mesolite, scolecite or lime mesotype, and mesolite or lime-soda mesotype.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mesotype

MES'OTYPE

,
Noun.
[Gr. middle, and form, type.] Prismatic zeolite; a mineral divided into three subspecies, fibrous zeolite, natrolite,and mealy zeolite. This is said by some writers to be so named from its property,when transparent, of doubling images. Others say it is a mean form between stilbite and analcime.

Definition 2024

mesotype

mesotype

English

Noun

mesotype

  1. (mineralogy, obsolete) Any of various minerals, including natrolite (soda mesotype), scolecite (lime mesotype), and mesolite (lime-soda mesotype).

Etymology

meso- +‎ -type: compare French mésotype.

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