scolecite

One of the zeolite group of minerals, a hydrous silicate of aluminium and calcium, occurring in acicular crystals, also fibrous and radiated massive, commonly white. Early called lime-mesotype.

In botany, the vermiform archicarp of the fungus Ascobolus, a name proposed by Tulasne. It is a structure composed of a chain of cells developed from the end of a branch of the mycelium.

A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype.

A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.