coesite
[ koh-sahyt ]
/ ˈkoʊ saɪt /
noun Mineralogy.
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
Compare
stishovite.
Origin of coesite
1950–55; named after Loring
Coes, Jr., 20th-century American who synthesized it; see
-ite1
Words nearby coesite
coercimeter,
coercion,
coercive,
coercive force,
coercivity,
coesite,
coessential,
coetaneous,
coeternal,
coeternity,
coetzee