rensselaerite

== English == === Etymology === After Stephen Van Rensselaer, founder in 1824 of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute === Noun === rensselaerite (uncountable) (mineralogy) A soft, compact variety of talc, being an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles, found in New York and Canada. 1840, [1] ("Assembly: State of New York, Issue 50", published 1840, digitised 2010). To this I may subjoin Rensselaerite, which frequently occurs in thick, heavy beds in connexion with the above. === Further reading === Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.