tridymite

English

Tridymite

Etymology

The name refers to the peculiar habit of crystallizing in groups of three individuals.

Noun

tridymite (countable and uncountable, plural tridymites)

(mineralogy) A rare mineral of volcanic rocks that solidified at a high temperature, with the chemical composition silicon dioxide, Si O₂. Tridymite is chemically identical to quartz, but has a different crystal structure. Sometimes contains sodium aluminum silicate, which seems to be expelled when quartz solidifies at lower temperatures.

Related terms

See silicate, silica group

Translations

mineral

Armenian: տրիդիմիտ (tridimit)
Catalan: tridimita f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鱗石英／鳞石英 (zh) (línshíyīng)
Finnish: tridymiitti (fi)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Tridymit m
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 鱗珪石 (りんけいせき, rinkeiseki), 鱗石英 (りんせきえい, rinsekiei)
Polish: trydymit m
Romanian: tridimit m
Russian: тридими́т (ru) m (tridimít)
Spanish: tridimita f

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Tridymite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“tridymite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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