'Phillipsite' definitions:
Definition of 'phillipsite'
(from WordNet)
noun
A group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum
Definition of 'Phillipsite'
From: GCIDE
- Phillipsite \Phil"lips*ite\, n. [So named after John Phillips, an English mineralogist.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite. [1913 Webster]