coesite
[koh-sahyt]
noun Mineralogy.
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
Nearby words
- coercimeter,
- coercion,
- coercive,
- coercive force,
- coercivity,
- coessential,
- coetaneous,
- coeternal,
- coeternity,
- coetzee
Compare stishovite.
Origin of coesite
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