PHILLIPSITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phillipsite mean? 

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

1. a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILLIPSITE (noun)

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Meaning:

A group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum

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Nouns denoting substances

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

zeolite (any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks)