pollucite

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

  • “Pollucite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • pollucite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
  • pollucite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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