coesite

[ koh-sahyt ]

nounMineralogy.
  1. a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.

Origin of coesite

1
1950–55; named after Loring Coes, Jr., 20th-century American who synthesized it; see -ite1

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