faujasite

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French faujasite, named after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist, by Alexis Damour, French mineralogist in 1842.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoːd͡ʒəzaɪt/ or /ˈfɔːdʒɑzaɪt/

Noun

faujasite (countable and uncountable, plural faujasites)

1. (mineralogy) A zeolite mineral consisting of sodalite cages connected through hexagonal prisms.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Faujasite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “faujasite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Etymology

From Faujas +‎ -ite, named after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist, by Alexis Damour, French mineralogist in 1842.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.ʒa.zit/
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

faujasite f (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) faujasite