NOUN
- a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone
How To Use cordierite In A Sentence
- This granulite consists of garnet, biotite, muscovite, quartz, plagioclase and cordierite.
- Cordierite, [Mg.sub.2] [Al.sub.4] [Si.sub.5] [O.sub.18], crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system.
- Some gray to dark gray cordierite also exhibits excellent transparency.
- From Pliocene time the shallow emplacement of intrusive bodies resulted in thermal metamorphism (forming, for example, biotite, cordierite, andalusite, K-feldspar and corundum in pelites) and hydrothermal activity.
- In addition to using a new metal compound in the catalyst, Panasonic has devised a new catalyst coating technology to maximize the performance of the catalyst on a variety of DPF types (cordierite [4], SiC [5], metal, etc.). Autoblog Green
- The sample is strongly foliated and consists of garnet, biotite, quartz, plagioclase and cordierite.
- The mineral assemblage is quartz + plagioclase + K-feldspar + biotite + cordierite + andalusite fibrolite.
- The spotted textures are marked by the growth of biotite, cordierite and andalusite on the metamorphic foliation.
- The large bluish stone which the gentleman acquired with the red stones proved to be iolite, sometimes called cordierite or water-sapphire A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
- Monazite clusters occur in a variety of host minerals, including cordierite, quartz, biotite and andalusite.
