📚 noun • entry_id 24409
selenite
/ˈsɛlɪnaɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
selenita
A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO₄·2H₂O).
Glass windows replaced the old tiny windows of selenite (crystallized gypsum), and stovepipe replaced adobe chimneys.
I followed them to my study, and found lying on my writing-table still, with the selenite paper-weight upon it, the sheet of work I had left on the afternoon of the opening of the…
selenito
The anion SeO₃²⁻ derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid.
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