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ALL meanings of coesite

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  • noun coesite a form of silicon dioxide produced when high pressure and temperature are applied to quartz 3
  • noun coesite a very hard, monoclinic form of silica, SiO2, produced under very great pressure and found in the sandstone of large meteor craters 3
  • noun coesite a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature. 1
  • noun coesite (mineralogy) A high-pressure polymorph of silica found in extreme conditions such as the impact craters of meteorites, with the chemical composition of silicon dioxide, SiO2. 0
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