Trid"y*mite (?), n. [Gr. threefold. So called in allusion to the supposed threefold nature of the twin crystals.] Min.
Pure silica, like quartz, but crystallizing in hexagonal tables. It is found in trachyte and similar rocks.
© Webster 1913.
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