brewstérite

brewstérite

brewstérite nom féminin (de D. Brewster, nom pr.) Zéolite monoclinique, contenant du strontium et du baryum.

⇒BREWSTÉRITE, subst. fém.
MINÉR. Silicate du groupe zéolite renfermant du strontium et du baryum. Le strontium (...) existe quelquefois en petite quantité dans l'aragonite et dans la brewstérite (Ch.-A. WURTZ, Dict. de chim. pure et appliquée, t. 2, 1876, p. 1679).
Étymol. et Hist. 1830 Brewsterite (F.-S. BEUDANT, Traité de minér., Paris, t. 2, p. 125). Dér. du nom de Brewster, physicien écossais [1781-1868], réputé pour ses expériences en optique; suff. -ite. Nom donné par Brooke [1803-1868] en hommage à ce physicien.

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