# rensselaerite

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A soft, compact variety of talc, being an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles, found in New York and Canada.

## Etymology
After Stephen Van Rensselaer, founder in 1824 of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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