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☆ coes·ite (kō′zīt′, -sīt′)

noun

a very hard, monoclinic form of silica, SiO, produced under very great pressure and found in the sandstone of large meteor craters

Etymology: after Loring Coes, Jr. (1915-78), U.S. chemist + -ite

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