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stishovite en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Russian physicist Sergey Stishov + -ite.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) A fine-grained mineral, of SiO₂, that is a polymorphic form of quartz formed under very high pressure.

Forms

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Relateds

quartz · silica · silicon dioxide

Synonyms

stipoverite

Translations (6)

ru стишовит (high-pressure polymorph of quartz) · fr stishovite (high-pressure polymorph of quartz) · es stishovita (high-pressure polymorph of quartz) · it stishovite (high-pressure polymorph of quartz) · fi stishoviitti (high-pressure polymorph of quartz) · de Stishovit (high-pressure polymorph of quartz)