Wollastonite, named after the English chemist Wollaston, is a silicate of lime of a white to grey, red, or yellow colour, occurring generally in cleavable masses, and rarely in tabular crystals, mainly as a contact metamorphic mineral in crystalline limestones. It has the formulae CaSiO3 and a relative hardness of 5. It is used in the manufacture of tile.
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