stishovite
[ stish-uh-vahyt ]
nounMineralogy.
a rare polymorph of quartz, SiO2, formed under very high pressure, as by meteorite impact.
Origin of stishovite
11960–65; named after S. M. Stishov, 20th-century Russian mineralogist; see -ite1
- Compare coesite.
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