Coesite
[koh-sahyt] /ˈkoʊ saɪt/
noun, Mineralogy.
1.
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
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