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wollastonite
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Wollastonite
Wollastonite
is a
calcium
inosilicate
mineral
(
Ca
Si
O
3
) that may contain small amounts of
iron
,
magnesium
, and
manganese
substituting for calcium. It is usually white. It forms when impure
limestone
or
dolostone
is subjected to high temperature and pressure sometimes in the presence of silica-bearing fluids as in
skarns
or contact
metamorphic rocks
. Associated minerals include
garnets
,
vesuvianite
,
diopside
,
tremolite
,
epidote
, plagioclase
feldspar
, pyroxene and
calcite
. It is named after the English chemist and mineralogist
William Hyde Wollaston
(1766–1828).
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