See Also: Pollucite(medicine)
pollucite(dictionary)

pollucite (iou)



pollucite noun. M19.
[from Latin Pollux (from the mineral's being associated with a variety of petalite called Castor: see GEMINI noun 1) + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A rare caesium aluminosilicate crystallizing in the cubic system which occurs as transparent colourless crystals, esp. in pegmatites, and is used as a gemstone.