wollastonite

== English == === Etymology === From Wollaston +‎ -ite, after William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist. === Noun === wollastonite (countable and uncountable, plural wollastonites) (mineralogy) A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO3, found deposited in limestone. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Noun === wollastonite f (plural wollastonites) (mineralogy) wollastonite === Further reading === “wollastonite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === volastonite wollastonita, volastonita (Brazil) === Noun === wollastonite f (uncountable) (European Portuguese spelling) (mineralogy) wollastonite (a grey inosilicate mineral) === Further reading === “wollastonite”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026