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What does wollastonite mean?

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Noun
  1. (mineralogy) A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO3, found deposited in limestone.
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The mineral wollastonite was named in his honour for his many contributions to crystallography and mineral analysis.
The Liassic beds are often metamorphosed and the limestones contain garnet and wollastonite.
Test work encountered problems with recovery rates and the separation of calcite from wollastonite.
As wollastonite is a natural mineral, compounds containing wollastonite can be recycled.
Powder coatings made with wollastonite have a naturally lower gloss than powders made with barytes or calcium carbonate.
The Badger Flats area is also well known for clinozoisite, garnet, hematite, scheelite, vesuvianite, wollastonite, and zoisite.

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