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Monoclinic vs Amicite - What's the difference?

monoclinic | amicite |

As an adjective monoclinic

is having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.

As a noun amicite is

a monoclinic-sphenoidal zeolite mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

monoclinic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (crystallography) Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.
  • See also

    * triclinic * orthorhombic * hexagonal * rhombohedral * tetragonal * cubic

    amicite

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineral) A monoclinic-sphenoidal zeolite mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
  • References

    * Amicite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Amicite.shtml] English eponyms ----