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ZEOLITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("zeolite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
water softener (a substance (such as sodium chloride) that lessens the hardness of water by replacing calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions and so gives the water more efficient sudsing power)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zeolite"):
chabasite; chabazite (a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum)
heulandite (a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous aluminum silicate of sodium and calcium)
natrolite (a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum)
phillipsite (a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum)
