CRISTOBALITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cristobalite mean? 

• CRISTOBALITE (noun)
  The noun CRISTOBALITE has 1 sense:

1. a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks

  Familiarity information: CRISTOBALITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRISTOBALITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cristobalite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "cristobalite"):

silica; silicon dioxide; silicon oxide (a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite)

 Context examples 

It found a different mineral composition at each, including a silica mineral named cristobalite in the most recent sample.

(Curiosity Eyes Prominent Mineral Veins on Mars, NASA)