CRISTOBALITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cristobalite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "cristobalite"):

silica; silicon dioxide; silicon oxide (a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite)

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