cirkon

cirkonok (plural)
cirkon (nominative singular)
cirkonok (nominative plural)
cirkont (accusative singular)
cirkonokat (accusative plural)
cirkonnak (dative singular)
cirkonoknak (dative plural)
cirkonnal (instrumental singular)
cirkonokkal (instrumental plural)
cirkonért (causal-final singular)
cirkonokért (causal-final plural)
cirkonná (singular translative)
cirkonokká (plural translative)
cirkonig (singular terminative)
cirkonokig (plural terminative)
cirkonként (essive-formal singular)
cirkonokként (essive-formal plural)
cirkonban (inessive singular)
cirkonokban (inessive plural)
cirkonon (singular superessive)
cirkonokon (plural superessive)
cirkonnál (adessive singular)
cirkonoknál (adessive plural)
cirkonba (illative singular)
cirkonokba (illative plural)
cirkonra (singular sublative)
cirkonokra (plural sublative)
cirkonhoz (allative singular)
cirkonokhoz (allative plural)
cirkonból (elative singular)
cirkonokból (elative plural)
cirkonról (delative singular)
cirkonokról (delative plural)
cirkontól (ablative singular)
cirkonoktól (ablative plural)
cirkoné (singular)
cirkonoké (plural)
cirkonéi (singular)
cirkonokéi (plural)
cirkonom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
cirkonjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
cirkonod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
cirkonjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
cirkonja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
cirkonjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
cirkonunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
cirkonjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
cirkonotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
cirkonjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
cirkonjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
cirkonjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From German Zirkon and from French zircon.


cirkon

cìrkōn (canonical masculine)
цѝрко̄н (Cyrillic)
cìrkōn (nominative singular)
cirkóna (genitive singular)
cirkónu (dative singular)
cìrkōn (accusative singular)
cȉrkōne (singular vocative)
cirkónu (locative singular)
cirkónom (instrumental singular)


chlorite

en-noun

chlorite (countable and uncountable, plural chlorites)

/ˈklɔːˌɹʌɪt/

/ˈklɔːˌɹaɪt/

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From Ancient Greek χλωρῖτις (khlōrîtis).

They have been heated enough to impart a delicate blue-green hue, which is because of the abundance of the ‘low-grade’ metamorphic mineral, chlorite.

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 177:

(mineralogy) A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.


gahnite

gahnite (countable and uncountable, plural gahnites)

Named after Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818) in 1807.

(mineralogy) A rare mineral ZnAl₂O₄ in the spinel group.


aerolite

aeroliti (plural)
aerolito (alternative)
aereolito (alternative uncommon)


meagre

en-adj

meagre (comparative meagrer, superlative meagrest)

meagrer (comparative)
meagrest (superlative)
meager (alternative)

Jamaican Creole: mawga

From Middle English megre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with Old English mæġer (“meagre, lean”), Dutch mager (“lean”), German mager (“lean”), Icelandic magur (“lean”).

(mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).


-ite

Borrowed from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs).

pyro- (“pyro-”) + -ite → pyrite (“pyrite”)


mangano-

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tourmaline

en-noun

tourmaline (countable and uncountable, plural tourmalines)

From French tourmaline, ultimately from Sinhalese තෝරමල්ලී (tōramallī, “carnelian”)

der

The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep.

1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3:

Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

2012 March 10, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 2012-06-14, page 128:

(mineralogy) A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone.


exfoliate

en-verb

exfoliate (third-person singular simple present exfoliates, present participle exfoliating, simple past and past participle exfoliated)

exfoliates (present singular third-person)
exfoliating (participle present)
exfoliated (participle past)
exfoliated (past)

From Late Latin exfoliō (“I strip of leaves”), from ex- (“out of”) + folium (“leaf”); compare effoliate and French exfolier.

bor

(mineralogy) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.


glimmer

is-noun

glimmer n (genitive singular glimmers, no plural)

glimmers (genitive singular)
glimmer (indefinite nominative singular)
glimmerið (definite nominative singular)
glimmer (accusative indefinite singular)
glimmerið (accusative definite singular)
glimmer (dative indefinite singular)
glimmeri (dative indefinite singular)
glimmerinu (dative definite singular)
glimmers (genitive indefinite singular)
glimmersins (definite genitive singular)

Borrowed from Danish glimmer, from glimre (“to glimmer”). Cognate with glimrandi (“splendid”), which is also from Danish. False friend with English glimmer.


glimmer

glimmer (indefinite nominative singular)
glimmers (genitive indefinite singular)
glimmern (definite nominative singular)
glimmerns (definite genitive singular)


pyroxene

From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “stranger”).

By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 10:

(mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.


pollucite

From Pollux + -ite, named after Pollux, the twin of Castor, as it is often found associated with castorite (now petalite).

(mineralogy) A colorless transparent mineral of the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurring massive or crystallizing in cubes.


zaratite

Spanish zaratita, from Señor Zarate, 19th century Spaniard + Spanish -ita -ite

(mineralogy) a hydrous basic nickel carbonate occurring in emerald-green incrustations or compact masses


obsidian

en-noun

obsidian (usually uncountable, plural obsidians)

From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia.

The Neolithic culture from 8000 to 6000 B.C., however, was a brilliant period of the revival of crafts, the transformation of gathering into gardening, the growth of a cross-cultural obsidian trade, and the rise of towns.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130:

(mineralogy) A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.

lawaglas

a type of black glass produced by volcanoes


magnesian

en-adj

magnesian (comparative more magnesian, superlative most magnesian)

more magnesian (comparative)
most magnesian (superlative)


glis

la-noun

glis f (genitive glitis); third declension

glitis (genitive)
glis (nominative singular)
glitēs (nominative plural)
glitis (genitive singular)
glitum (genitive plural)
glitī (dative singular)
glitibus (dative plural)
glitem (accusative singular)
glitēs (accusative plural)
glite (ablative singular)
glitibus (ablative plural)
glis (singular vocative)
glitēs (plural vocative)

From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick; to spread, to smear”). See also Latin glūten and glutus.


quartz-diorite

(mineralogy) Any form of diorite containing appreciable amounts of quartz.


anatase

en-noun

anatase (countable and uncountable, plural anatases)

From French anatase, from Ancient Greek ἀνάτασις (anátasis, “extending, extension”), named for the length of its crystals.

der

(mineralogy) A blue or brown mineral, a form of titanium dioxide, used as a pigment.


anatase

(mineralogy) anatase (form of titanium dioxide used as a pigment)


שוהם

he-noun

שוהם / שֹׁהַם • (shóham) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

שֹׁהַם (canonical)
shóham (romanization)

Probably borrowed from a form like *šuwahbu(m) meaning ‘the thing forced to be given’ = tribute from an Old South Arabian language spoken in Havilah. This would be an š-causative noun from the common Semitic root w-h-b ‘to give’ (see Sabaic 𐩥𐩠𐩨 whb "to give", Qatabanic 𐩥𐩠𐩨 whb "to give, grant").

(mineralogy) onyx (a banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz)


kaolinite

en-noun

kaolinite (countable and uncountable, plural kaolinites)

From kaolin + -ite (see kaolin for more).

(mineralogy) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄; one of the kaolin group of minerals.


gips

Afrikaans: gips

→ West Frisian: gips

→ Indonesian: gips

→ Japanese: ギプス

→ Korean: 깁스 (gipseu)

Ultimately from Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos), probably from a Semitic language.


epidote

epidote (countable and uncountable, plural epidotes)

A little higher is an outcrop of epidote schist with quartz, carbonate, and magnetite.

1915, George Curtis Martin, Bertrand Leroy Johnson, Ulysses Sherman Grant, “Bulletin 587: Geology and Mineral Resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska”, in United States Geological Survey, page 23:

1990, Andrew P. Barth, Chapter 3: Mid-crustal emplacement of Mesozoic plutons, San Gabriel Mountains, California, and implications for the geologic history of the San Gabriel terrane, J. Lawford Anderson (editor), The Nature and Origin of Cordilleran Magmatism, Memoir 174: The Nature and Origin of Cordilleran Magmatism, The Geological Society of America, page 36,
Available compositional data for magmatic epidotes (Naney, 1983; Zen and Hammarstrom, 1984; Barth, unpublished data) suggest no significant solid solution beyond the epidote-clinozoisite binary.

Epidote is found in greenstone belts and many metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schist, and is hence fairly widespread.

2004, Bruce Cairncross, Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Southern Africa, page 96:

(mineralogy) Any of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.


sorosilicate

From Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”) + silicate.

(mineralogy) Any silicate based on the dimeric anion Si₂O₇⁶⁻.


limonite

limonite (countable and uncountable, plural limonites)

(mineralogy) Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hemite with clays and manganese oxide.

limoniet

mineral consisting of hydrous iron oxides


reniform

/ˈɹɛnəˌfɔɹm/

Learned borrowing from Latin rēnis (the genitive singular of rēn (“kidney”); see further at that entry) + English -form (suffix meaning ‘having the form or shape of’), modelled after New Latin rēnifōrmis (“of seeds: kidney-shaped”).

reniforme

synonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped

intussusception with a reniform appearance

multiple reniform circumscribed fat-containing masses

The Bean […] is oval, and not at all reniform'd like the Kidney-Beans.

[1745, James Parsons, “Tab. V. Fig. 12. a. Cow-itch, Coughage, or Stinging-Beans.”, in The Microscopical Theatre of Seeds: […], volume I, London: […] F. Needham, […]; and sold by M. Cooper, […], →OCLC, page 201:

[T]he antheræ are reniform: the germen is oval, and obtuſely trigonal; […]

1751, John Hill, “Class the Sixth. Order the First. Division the First. Hexandria Monogynia, Having Corollæ Divided into Three Segments, and Cups to Them. [TRADESCANTIA.]”, in A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals of the Different Parts of the World; […], volume II (A History of Plants), London: […] Thomas Osborne, […], →OCLC, part III (Plants Called the More Perfect Ones), page 364:

In one of the ſegments of the lovver portion of the kidney, there vvas a large reniform Papillæ, in the outer circumference of vvhich a ſmall part of the papillary fleſh vvas vvanting. […] In the oppoſite ſegment, there vvas a fourth reniform Papilla, reſembling the firſt; […]

1756, Albert Haller [i.e., Albrecht von Haller], “Observation LIX. A Coalition of the Kidnies.”, in Pathological Observations, Chiefly from Dissections of Morbid Bodies, London: […] D. Wilson and T. Durnam, […], →OCLC, page 178:

The oxyde of cobalt, […] is found either ſuperficial, interſperſed, or in lumps; ſometimes botryoidal or reniform or bearing particular impreſſions.

1799, William Babington, “[Class III. Metals. Order II. Fragile. Genus IV. Cobalt.] Species II. Native Oxyde of Cobalt.”, in A New System of Mineralogy, in the Form of a Catalogue, after the Manner of Baron Born’s Systematic Catalogue of the Collection of Fossils of Mlle. Élénore de Raab, London: […] T[homas] Bensley, […]; and sold by W. Phillips, […]; G. G. and J. Robinsons, […]; and T[homas] Cox, […], →OCLC, page 232:

Nothing could be more simple than the furniture. The chairs were either posts mounted on four legs spread out for a base, or three-legged stools with reniform seats.

1861, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “To Ruby Valley”, in The City of the Saints and across the Rocky Mountains to California, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, →OCLC, page 570:

(chiefly biology, mineralogy) Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).

kidney-shaped

(botany) Of a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch.

munuaismainen

of a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch


calcite

en-noun

calcite (countable and uncountable, plural calcites)

(mineralogy) A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk and marble.


hapan

fi-adj

hapan (comparative happamampi or happamempi, superlative happamin)

happamampi (comparative)
happamempi (comparative)
happamin (superlative)
hapan (nominative singular)
happamat (nominative plural)
hapan (accusative nominative singular)
happamat (accusative nominative plural)
happaman (accusative genitive singular)
happamat (accusative genitive plural)
happaman (genitive singular)
happamien (genitive plural)
happamain (genitive plural rare)
hapanta (partitive singular)
happamia (partitive plural)
happamassa (inessive singular)
happamissa (inessive plural)
happamasta (elative singular)
happamista (elative plural)
happamaan (illative singular)
happamiin (illative plural)
happamalla (adessive singular)
happamilla (adessive plural)
happamalta (ablative singular)
happamilta (ablative plural)
happamalle (allative singular)
happamille (allative plural)
happamana (essive singular)
happamina (essive plural)
happamaksi (singular translative)
happamiksi (plural translative)
happamatta (abessive singular)
happamitta (abessive plural)
happamin (instructive plural)
happamine (comitative plural)
happamani (nominative singular)
happamani (nominative plural)
happamani (accusative nominative singular)
happamani (accusative nominative plural)
happamani (accusative genitive singular)
happamani (accusative genitive plural)
happamani (genitive singular)
happamieni (genitive plural)
happamaini (genitive plural rare)
hapantani (partitive singular)
happamiani (partitive plural)
happamassani (inessive singular)
happamissani (inessive plural)
happamastani (elative singular)
happamistani (elative plural)
happamaani (illative singular)
happamiini (illative plural)
happamallani (adessive singular)
happamillani (adessive plural)
happamaltani (ablative singular)
happamiltani (ablative plural)
happamalleni (allative singular)
happamilleni (allative plural)
happamanani (essive singular)
happaminani (essive plural)
happamakseni (singular translative)
happamikseni (plural translative)
happamattani (abessive singular)
happamittani (abessive plural)
happamineni (comitative plural)
happamasi (nominative singular)
happamasi (nominative plural)
happamasi (accusative nominative singular)
happamasi (accusative nominative plural)
happamasi (accusative genitive singular)
happamasi (accusative genitive plural)
happamasi (genitive singular)
happamiesi (genitive plural)
happamaisi (genitive plural rare)
hapantasi (partitive singular)
happamiasi (partitive plural)
happamassasi (inessive singular)
happamissasi (inessive plural)
happamastasi (elative singular)
happamistasi (elative plural)
happamaasi (illative singular)
happamiisi (illative plural)
happamallasi (adessive singular)
happamillasi (adessive plural)
happamaltasi (ablative singular)
happamiltasi (ablative plural)
happamallesi (allative singular)
happamillesi (allative plural)
happamanasi (essive singular)
happaminasi (essive plural)
happamaksesi (singular translative)
happamiksesi (plural translative)
happamattasi (abessive singular)
happamittasi (abessive plural)
happaminesi (comitative plural)
happamamme (nominative singular)
happamamme (nominative plural)
happamamme (accusative nominative singular)
happamamme (accusative nominative plural)
happamamme (accusative genitive singular)
happamamme (accusative genitive plural)
happamamme (genitive singular)
happamiemme (genitive plural)
happamaimme (genitive plural rare)
hapantamme (partitive singular)
happamiamme (partitive plural)
happamassamme (inessive singular)
happamissamme (inessive plural)
happamastamme (elative singular)
happamistamme (elative plural)
happamaamme (illative singular)
happamiimme (illative plural)
happamallamme (adessive singular)
happamillamme (adessive plural)
happamaltamme (ablative singular)
happamiltamme (ablative plural)
happamallemme (allative singular)
happamillemme (allative plural)
happamanamme (essive singular)
happaminamme (essive plural)
happamaksemme (singular translative)
happamiksemme (plural translative)
happamattamme (abessive singular)
happamittamme (abessive plural)
happaminemme (comitative plural)
happamanne (nominative singular)
happamanne (nominative plural)
happamanne (accusative nominative singular)
happamanne (accusative nominative plural)
happamanne (accusative genitive singular)
happamanne (accusative genitive plural)
happamanne (genitive singular)
happamienne (genitive plural)
happamainne (genitive plural rare)
hapantanne (partitive singular)
happamianne (partitive plural)
happamassanne (inessive singular)
happamissanne (inessive plural)
happamastanne (elative singular)
happamistanne (elative plural)
happamaanne (illative singular)
happamiinne (illative plural)
happamallanne (adessive singular)
happamillanne (adessive plural)
happamaltanne (ablative singular)
happamiltanne (ablative plural)
happamallenne (allative singular)
happamillenne (allative plural)
happamananne (essive singular)
happaminanne (essive plural)
happamaksenne (singular translative)
happamiksenne (plural translative)
happamattanne (abessive singular)
happamittanne (abessive plural)
happaminenne (comitative plural)
happamansa (nominative singular)
happamansa (nominative plural)
happamansa (accusative nominative singular)
happamansa (accusative nominative plural)
happamansa (accusative genitive singular)
happamansa (accusative genitive plural)
happamansa (genitive singular)
happamiensa (genitive plural)
happamainsa (genitive plural rare)
hapantaan (partitive singular)
hapantansa (partitive singular)
happamiaan (partitive plural)
happamiansa (partitive plural)
happamassaan (inessive singular)
happamassansa (inessive singular)
happamissaan (inessive plural)
happamissansa (inessive plural)
happamastaan (elative singular)
happamastansa (elative singular)
happamistaan (elative plural)
happamistansa (elative plural)
happamaansa (illative singular)
happamiinsa (illative plural)
happamallaan (adessive singular)
happamallansa (adessive singular)
happamillaan (adessive plural)
happamillansa (adessive plural)
happamaltaan (ablative singular)
happamaltansa (ablative singular)
happamiltaan (ablative plural)
happamiltansa (ablative plural)
happamalleen (allative singular)
happamallensa (allative singular)
happamilleen (allative plural)
happamillensa (allative plural)
happamanaan (essive singular)
happamanansa (essive singular)
happaminaan (essive plural)
happaminansa (essive plural)
happamakseen (singular translative)
happamaksensa (singular translative)
happamikseen (plural translative)
happamiksensa (plural translative)
happamattaan (abessive singular)
happamattansa (abessive singular)
happamittaan (abessive plural)
happamittansa (abessive plural)
happamineen (comitative plural)
happaminensa (comitative plural)
hapan (nominative singular)
happamet (nominative plural)
hapan (accusative nominative singular)
happamet (accusative nominative plural)
happamen (accusative genitive singular)
happamet (accusative genitive plural)
happamen (genitive singular)
happamien (genitive plural)
hapanten (genitive plural)
hapanta (partitive singular)
happamia (partitive plural)
happamessa (inessive singular)
happamissa (inessive plural)
happamesta (elative singular)
happamista (elative plural)
happameen (illative singular)
happamiin (illative plural)
happamella (adessive singular)
happamilla (adessive plural)
happamelta (ablative singular)
happamilta (ablative plural)
happamelle (allative singular)
happamille (allative plural)
happamena (essive singular)
happamina (essive plural)
happameksi (singular translative)
happamiksi (plural translative)
happametta (abessive singular)
happamitta (abessive plural)
happamin (instructive plural)
happamine (comitative plural)
happameni (nominative singular)
happameni (nominative plural)
happameni (accusative nominative singular)
happameni (accusative nominative plural)
happameni (accusative genitive singular)
happameni (accusative genitive plural)
happameni (genitive singular)
happamieni (genitive plural)
hapanteni (genitive plural)
hapantani (partitive singular)
happamiani (partitive plural)
happamessani (inessive singular)
happamissani (inessive plural)
happamestani (elative singular)
happamistani (elative plural)
happameeni (illative singular)
happamiini (illative plural)
happamellani (adessive singular)
happamillani (adessive plural)
happameltani (ablative singular)
happamiltani (ablative plural)
happamelleni (allative singular)
happamilleni (allative plural)
happamenani (essive singular)
happaminani (essive plural)
happamekseni (singular translative)
happamikseni (plural translative)
happamettani (abessive singular)
happamittani (abessive plural)
happamineni (comitative plural)
happamesi (nominative singular)
happamesi (nominative plural)
happamesi (accusative nominative singular)
happamesi (accusative nominative plural)
happamesi (accusative genitive singular)
happamesi (accusative genitive plural)
happamesi (genitive singular)
happamiesi (genitive plural)
hapantesi (genitive plural)
hapantasi (partitive singular)
happamiasi (partitive plural)
happamessasi (inessive singular)
happamissasi (inessive plural)
happamestasi (elative singular)
happamistasi (elative plural)
happameesi (illative singular)
happamiisi (illative plural)
happamellasi (adessive singular)
happamillasi (adessive plural)
happameltasi (ablative singular)
happamiltasi (ablative plural)
happamellesi (allative singular)
happamillesi (allative plural)
happamenasi (essive singular)
happaminasi (essive plural)
happameksesi (singular translative)
happamiksesi (plural translative)
happamettasi (abessive singular)
happamittasi (abessive plural)
happaminesi (comitative plural)
happamemme (nominative singular)
happamemme (nominative plural)
happamemme (accusative nominative singular)
happamemme (accusative nominative plural)
happamemme (accusative genitive singular)
happamemme (accusative genitive plural)
happamemme (genitive singular)
happamiemme (genitive plural)
hapantemme (genitive plural)
hapantamme (partitive singular)
happamiamme (partitive plural)
happamessamme (inessive singular)
happamissamme (inessive plural)
happamestamme (elative singular)
happamistamme (elative plural)
happameemme (illative singular)
happamiimme (illative plural)
happamellamme (adessive singular)
happamillamme (adessive plural)
happameltamme (ablative singular)
happamiltamme (ablative plural)
happamellemme (allative singular)
happamillemme (allative plural)
happamenamme (essive singular)
happaminamme (essive plural)
happameksemme (singular translative)
happamiksemme (plural translative)
happamettamme (abessive singular)
happamittamme (abessive plural)
happaminemme (comitative plural)
happamenne (nominative singular)
happamenne (nominative plural)
happamenne (accusative nominative singular)
happamenne (accusative nominative plural)
happamenne (accusative genitive singular)
happamenne (accusative genitive plural)
happamenne (genitive singular)
happamienne (genitive plural)
hapantenne (genitive plural)
hapantanne (partitive singular)
happamianne (partitive plural)
happamessanne (inessive singular)
happamissanne (inessive plural)
happamestanne (elative singular)
happamistanne (elative plural)
happameenne (illative singular)
happamiinne (illative plural)
happamellanne (adessive singular)
happamillanne (adessive plural)
happameltanne (ablative singular)
happamiltanne (ablative plural)
happamellenne (allative singular)
happamillenne (allative plural)
happamenanne (essive singular)
happaminanne (essive plural)
happameksenne (singular translative)
happamiksenne (plural translative)
happamettanne (abessive singular)
happamittanne (abessive plural)
happaminenne (comitative plural)
happamensa (nominative singular)
happamensa (nominative plural)
happamensa (accusative nominative singular)
happamensa (accusative nominative plural)
happamensa (accusative genitive singular)
happamensa (accusative genitive plural)
happamensa (genitive singular)
happamiensa (genitive plural)
hapantensa (genitive plural)
hapantaan (partitive singular)
hapantansa (partitive singular)
happamiaan (partitive plural)
happamiansa (partitive plural)
happamessaan (inessive singular)
happamessansa (inessive singular)
happamissaan (inessive plural)
happamissansa (inessive plural)
happamestaan (elative singular)
happamestansa (elative singular)
happamistaan (elative plural)
happamistansa (elative plural)
happameensa (illative singular)
happamiinsa (illative plural)
happamellaan (adessive singular)
happamellansa (adessive singular)
happamillaan (adessive plural)
happamillansa (adessive plural)
happameltaan (ablative singular)
happameltansa (ablative singular)
happamiltaan (ablative plural)
happamiltansa (ablative plural)
happamelleen (allative singular)
happamellensa (allative singular)
happamilleen (allative plural)
happamillensa (allative plural)
happamenaan (essive singular)
happamenansa (essive singular)
happaminaan (essive plural)
happaminansa (essive plural)
happamekseen (singular translative)
happameksensa (singular translative)
happamikseen (plural translative)
happamiksensa (plural translative)
happamettaan (abessive singular)
happamettansa (abessive singular)
happamittaan (abessive plural)
happamittansa (abessive plural)
happamineen (comitative plural)
happaminensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *hap'oin, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šappa. Cognates include Estonian hapu, Erzya чапамо (čapamo) and Moksha шапама (šapama). The declension has been levelled to a plain m-stem.


kis

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kiser, definite plural kisene)

kisen (definite singular)
kiser (indefinite plural)
kisene (definite plural)


kis

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kisar, definite plural kisane)

kisen (definite singular)
kisar (indefinite plural)
kisane (definite plural)


marcasite

en-noun

marcasite (countable and uncountable, plural marcasites)

/ˈmɑːkəsʌɪt/

From Medieval Latin marchasita et al., from Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā).

der

مَرْقَشِيتَا

Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā)

(mineralogy) The orthorhombic form of iron disulfide, FeS₂, occurring as yellow crystals.


wolframite

en-noun

wolframite (countable and uncountable, plural wolframites)

From German Wolframit, from Wolfram (“tungsten”). By surface analysis, wolfram + -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral that consists of a tungstate of iron and manganese; (Fe,Mn)WO₄; it is one of the principal ores for tungsten.


plumbago

plumbago (countable and uncountable, plural plumbagos or plumbagoes)

Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō (“type of lead ore”), from plumbum (“lead”).

(mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite.


feldspathic

From German Feldspath (“feldspar”) + -ic.


melanterite

melanterite (countable and uncountable, plural melanterites)

(mineralogy) a widespread green, mostly fibrous mineral composed of hydrated ferrous sulphate


melilite

melilite (countable and uncountable, plural melilites)

Ancient Greek μέλι (méli, “honey”) + -lite.

(mineralogy) any mineral consisting of a solid solution of gehlenite (Ca₂Al₂SiO₇) and akermanite (Ca₂MgSi₂O₇)


polybasite

polybasite (countable and uncountable, plural polybasites)

From poly- + base (as in "base metal") + -ite.

af

(mineralogy) A black ore consisting of silver, sulfur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.


polyhalite

en-noun

polyhalite (countable and uncountable, plural polyhalites)

Shafts are now being sunk at Sirius Minerals' Woodsmith mine to extract polyhalite for use as an agricultural fertiliser, with much of the output exported.

2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 76:

(mineralogy) A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda.


pyrochlore

pyrochlore (countable and uncountable, plural pyrochlores)

In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.

2007, Srdjan M. Bulatovic, Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice, →ISBN, page 13:

(mineralogy) A mineral whose composition is that of a mixed niobate mostly of sodium, calcium and cerium, (Na,Ca)₂Nb₂O₆(OH,F).


pyritohedron

pyritohedron (plural pyritohedrons or pyritohedra)

pyritohedrons (plural)
pyritohedra (plural)

(mineralogy) The shape of one of the crystal habits of pyrite.


pyrolusite

pyrolusite (countable and uncountable, plural pyrolusites)

(mineralogy) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO₂), that is an important ore of manganese.


molybdenite

molybdenite (countable and uncountable, plural molybdenites)

molybdenum disulfide
molybdenum disulfide

(mineralogy) A mineral, molybdenum disulfide MoS₂, that is the principal ore of molybdenum; it is structurally similar to graphite and has a similar look and feel.


monazite

From German Monazit, from Ancient Greek μονάζω (monázō, “be solitary”).

der

(mineralogy) any of a range of reddish-brown minerals that are mixed phosphates of the lighter rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium and yttrium


pyromorphite

en-noun

pyromorphite (usually uncountable, plural pyromorphites)

(mineralogy) A yellowish-green mineral, a mixed phosphate and chloride of lead with the chemical formula Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl that is sometimes mined as an ore.


pyrophyllite

(mineralogy) A soft, pale aluminosilicate mineral, somewhat resembling talc.


pyrrhotite

pyrrhotite (usually uncountable, plural pyrrhotites)

(mineralogy) A weakly magnetic ferrous sulfide mineral, FeS.


stibine

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natrolite

natrolite (countable and uncountable, plural natrolites)

(mineralogy) A fibrous zeolite mineral, being a sodium aluminosilicate, of the chemical formula Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O.


pyrophane

pyrophane (countable and uncountable, plural pyrophanes)

From pyro- + Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “I show or shine”).

der

(mineralogy) A mineral which is opaque in its natural state, but is said to change its color and become transparent by heat.


allo-

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From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”), from Proto-Hellenic *áľľos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (English else).

allochromatic

allochromatic

allostratigraphy

(chemistry, mineralogy) Impure in composition.

Variety, heterogeneity.
Impure in composition.


nickeline

en-noun

nickeline (usually uncountable, plural nickelines)

(mineralogy) A mineral, a form of nickel arsenide, NiAs, having a metallic lustre and copper-red colour, that is a minor ore of nickel.


niccolite

niccolite (countable and uncountable, plural niccolites)


barite

barite (countable and uncountable, plural barites)

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), βαρύτης (barútēs, “weight”).

(mineralogy) A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO₄.


barite

bariti (plural)
baritina (alternative dated)


barytes

From Ancient Greek βαρύτης (barútēs, “heaviness”), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”).


olivine

en-noun

olivine (countable and uncountable, plural olivines)

From olive + -in, later remodelled after -ine.

The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51:

To do so, his team mixed together limestone with a crushed silicate mineral that contains magnesium — such as olivine, an olive-tinted mineral that can be found around the world. When heated to furiously high temperatures in a kiln, calcium in the limestone and magnesium in the silicate jiggle and switch sides, like participants in a square dance.

2025 February 19, Dino Grandoni, “We may be able to trap climate pollution in ordinary rocks. Scientists say they have figured out how to transform rocks into something extraordinary: a high-tech, low-cost substance that can bend geological time and help stall — or even reverse — planetary warming”, in Washington Post:

(mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.

оливин

family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals


omphacite

omphacite (usually uncountable, plural omphacites)

From Ancient Greek ὄμφαξ (ómphax, “unripe fruit, especially grapes”) + -ite.

der

(mineralogy) Any of a range of green, monoclinic pyroxene minerals found in eclogites and similar rocks; they are solid solutions of jadeite and diopside.


jadeite

en-noun

jadeite (countable and uncountable, plural jadeites)

(mineralogy) A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Na(Al,Fe³⁺)Si₂O₆, found in metamorphic rocks.


diopside

diopside (countable and uncountable, plural diopsides)

From French diopside, from Ancient Greek δίοψις (díopsis, “transparency”) + -ide.

der

(mineralogy) A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula CaMgSi₂O₆, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.


diopside

From Ancient Greek δίοψις (díopsis, “transparency”) + -ide.


diopside

Borrowed from French diopside, from Ancient Greek δίοψις (díopsis, “transparency”) + -ide.


orthorhombic pyroxene

en-noun

orthorhombic pyroxene (plural orthorhombic pyroxenes)

(mineralogy) Any of a group of minerals having the general formula XYSi₂O₆ in which X is iron or magnesium and Y is iron or manganese.


tantalite

(mineralogy) A dark-brown mineral that is an ore of tantalum and niobium, of the chemical formula (Fe, Mn) Ta₂O₆.


pectolite

pectolite (countable and uncountable, plural pectolites)

(mineralogy) a gray-white mineral inosilicate hydroxide of calcium and sodium that crystallizes in the triclinic system, with the chemical formula NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH).


space group

Dorothy also learned to identify the space group of a molecule, an essential prerequisite for finding the structure, by looking for spots that were missing from the regular array in an X-ray photograph.

1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life:

(crystallography, mineralogy) The set of all symmetry operations that can be applied to a given crystal without changing it.


lithiophilite

lithiophilite (usually uncountable, plural lithiophilites)

(mineralogy) A variety of triphylite that is a mixed phosphate of lithium and manganese.


lithiophorite

lithiophorite (countable and uncountable, plural lithiophorites)

(mineralogy) A basic oxide of lithium, manganese and aluminium found in hydrothermal ore deposits and sedimentary manganese deposits, with the chemical formula (Al,Li)Mn⁴⁺O₂(OH)₂.


beryllonite

(mineralogy) A rare mineral, sodium beryllium phosphate, with the chemical formula NaBePO₄; found especially in Maine.


cuprite

cuprite (countable and uncountable, plural cuprites)

(mineralogy) A mineral composed of cuprous oxide and a minor ore of copper.


pentlandite

pentlandite (countable and uncountable, plural pentlandites)

(mineralogy) A mixed iron and nickel sulfide mineral, with the chemical formula (Fe,Ni)₉S₈; the major ore of nickel.


perovskite

From Perovski + -ite. Named for Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792-1856) in 1839.

(mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.


accessory mineral

accessory mineral (plural accessory minerals)

(mineralogy) any mineral that is present in small amounts in a rock, but is not considered to be characteristic of the rock


carbonado

carbonado (plural carbonados or carbonadoes)

carbonados (plural)
carbonadoes (plural)

Borrowed from Portuguese carbonado (“carbonized”), probably from carbono (“carbon”) (currently only attested later than carbonado) + -ado (suffix forming adjectives from nouns meaning ‘something or someone who has suffered the action’). Carbono is borrowed from French carbone (“carbon”), from Latin carbō (“coal; charcoal”); for further derivation, see etymology 1.

/ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/

At present, equal attention is paid to irregular fragments of a blackish or greyish colour, occasionally of considerable size, also yielded by the washings of diamandiferous sand, which formerly passed unregarded. These fragments are now carefully colected, and have acquired some considerable value in commerce, where they are known under the name of carbonado or carbon. […] An examination of these numerous varieties has made it evident that between carbonado of a simply micro-crystalline texture, and the diamond regularly crystallised in diaphanous octahedrons, there exists an uninterrupted series of intermediate conditions.

1873 October, “Some New Facts Concerning the Diamond”, in William Crookes, editor, The Quarterly Journal of Science, and Annals of Mining, Metallurgy, Engineering, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, volume III (New Series; volume X overall), London: Offices of the Quarterly Journal of Science, 3, Horse-shoe Court, Ludgate Hill; Paris: Friedrich Klincksieck; Leipzg: Alfons Dürr, →OCLC, page 439:

Brazil's carbonadoes are indispensable today for the speedy cutting of hard rubber, bakelite and fiber compounds. Their absolute precision is especially valuable in turning such instruments as high-power telescopes and microscope tubes.

1928 January, Orville H. Kneen, “Gems that Work for a Living: Black Diamonds, the Most Precious Stones on Earth, Put to Curious Industrial Uses”, in The Popular Science Monthly, volume 112, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Popular Science Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 133, column 1:

Carbonado, the granular variety of diamond, is a porous micro- or cryptocrystalline aggregate, composed of anhedral grains and crystallites of octahedral or, less commonly, cubic habit that range in size from 0.5 to 50 nm.

1974, Ye. V. Frantsesson, F. V. Kaminskiy, “Carbonado, a Diamond Variety of Nonkimberlitic Origin”, in Doklady: Earth Science Sections, Falls Church, Va.: American Geological Institute, →OCLC, page 117:

Carbonados are polycrystalline diamond aggregates of generally irregular shapes that have been observed in placer deposits and low-grade metamorphic rocks of mainly Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, Venezuela, and the Central African Republic. […] Smith and Dawson (1985), consequently, suggested that carbonados could have been formed as a consequence of Precambrian impact events into carbon-bearing crustal rocks. All other traces of these impacts and the related impact structures apparently have been eroded, and only the carbonados had survived erosion and were then incorporated into sedimentary rocks.

2005, Wolf Uwe Reimold et al., “Economic Mineral Deposits in Impact Structures: A Review”, in Christian Koeberl, Herbert Henkel, editors, Impact Tectonics (Impact Studies), Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, section 3.2 (The Carbonado Conundrum), page 505:

(mineralogy) A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.


sodium alum

(mineralogy) A water-soluble mineral NaAl(SO₄)₂·12(H₂O); a form of alum in which potassium is replaced by sodium.


petalite

(mineralogy) A rare pegmatitic mineral, a lithium aluminosilicate, with the chemical formula LiAlSi₄O₁₀; used in the manufacture of crystallized glass ceramics.


phenocryst

Some of the feldspar phenocrysts are more than 1 cm long, but most are less than 5 mm.

1965, Gordon A Macdonald and Takashi Katsura, Eruption of Lassen Peak, Cascade Range, California, in 1915: Example of Mixed Magmas, Geological Society of America Bulletin 76 (5), pages 475

(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock


phlogopite

phlogopite (countable and uncountable, plural phlogopites)

From German Phlogopit, from Ancient Greek φλογωπός (phlogōpós, “fiery-looking”) + -ite.

uder

(mineralogy) A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂, a basic potassium magnesium aluminosilicate, used as an insulator

flogopiitti

a mica, the magnesium endmember of biotite


phonolite

From phono- + -lite, from the metallic sound when it is hit.

(mineralogy) a light-coloured rock of volcanic origin composed mostly of alkali feldspars


bentonite

en-noun

bentonite (countable and uncountable, plural bentonites)

From Benton + -ite, after the place where it was first mined: Fort Benton, Montana.

(mineralogy) Any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite.


pigeonite

pigeonite (countable and uncountable, plural pigeonites)

From pigeon + -ite, named from its type locality on Lake Superior's shores at Pigeon Point, Minnesota, United States.

(mineralogy) Any monoclinic pyroxene that is a mixed calcium, magnesium and ferrous silicate.


alluminocopiapite

it-noun

alluminocopiapite f (plural alluminocopiapiti)


natron

From French natron, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”): R9
Doublet of niter and trona.

Natron and salt are soluble by liquid, but not all liquid but only such as is cold. Hence water and any of its varieties melt them, but oil does not.

1931, Aristotle, translated by E.W. Webster, Meteorologica, Bk. IV, ch. 6:

You know the mysterious idols they were supposed to set up to worship in their chapters – were they really human heads treated with natron after the Ancient Egyptian pattern – idols of Persian or Syrian provenance?

1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 242:

(mineralogy) A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na₂CO₃·10H₂O.


phosphorite

en-noun

phosphorite (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorites)

(mineralogy) a sedimentary rock rich in phosphate minerals such as apatite


spinel

spinel (countable and uncountable, plural spinels)

French spinelle, perhaps from Latin spina (“a thorn, a prickle”), in allusion to its pointed crystals.

Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

2012 March 10, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 2012-06-14, page 128:

(mineralogy) Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.

لَعْل

any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium


orthosilicate

(mineralogy) Any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO₄ tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other.


prehnite

prehnite (countable and uncountable, plural prehnites)

Named after Dutch colonial governor of Cape of Good Hope Hendrik van Prehn in 1788, Dutch colonial governor. This was the first mineral to be named after a person.

named-after

(mineralogy) A mineral, a basic calcium, aluminium and iron aluminosilicate, which occurs in stalactitic aggregates or curved crystals, Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂.


proustite

en-noun

proustite (usually uncountable, plural proustites)

Named after French chemist Joseph L. Proust (1754-1826) in 1832, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral, Ag₃AsS₃, often found with pyrargyrite in silver veins.


Blende

de-noun

Blende f (genitive Blende, plural Blenden)

Blende (genitive)
Blenden (plural)
Blende (nominative singular)
Blenden (definite nominative plural)
Blende (genitive singular)
Blenden (definite genitive plural)
Blende (dative singular)
Blenden (dative definite plural)
Blende (accusative singular)
Blenden (accusative definite plural)

→ Polish: blenda

(mineralogy) translucent sulfide mineral


sardo

es-noun

sardo m (countable and uncountable, plural sardos)


idiomorphous

(mineralogy) occurring as distinct crystals


gowan

From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic [Term?].


pyroxenoid

(mineralogy) any of a large group of minerals physically resembling pyroxene


borian

en-adj

borian (comparative more borian, superlative most borian)

more borian (comparative)
most borian (superlative)


basalt

en-noun

basalt (countable and uncountable, plural basalts)

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”), b-x:n-O39

(mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.


basalt

fo-noun

basalt n (genitive singular basalts, uncountable)

basalts (genitive singular)
basalt (indefinite nominative singular)
basaltið (definite nominative singular)
basalt (accusative indefinite singular)
basaltið (accusative definite singular)
basalti (dative indefinite singular)
basaltinum (dative definite singular)
basalts (genitive indefinite singular)
basaltsins (definite genitive singular)

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”) b-x:n-O39


basalt

basailt (genitive singular)
basalt (indefinite nominative singular)
a bhasailt (indefinite singular vocative)
basailt (genitive indefinite singular)
basalt (dative indefinite singular)
an basalt (definite nominative singular)
an bhasailt (definite genitive singular)
leis an mbasalt (dative definite singular)
don bhasalt (dative definite singular)
basalt
bhasalt
mbasalt


gummite

en-noun

gummite (countable and uncountable, plural gummites)

(mineralogy) A yellow, amorphous mineral, a mixture of oxides and silicates of uranium, formed by weathering of pitchblende.


phosphorrösslerite

phosphorrösslerite (usually uncountable, plural phosphorrösslerites)

(mineralogy) A transparent crystalline mineral, MgHPO₄·7H₂O.


realgar

realgar (usually uncountable, plural realgars)

realgars (plural)
rosaker (alternative)
resalgar (alternative)
resegall (alternative)
resegallum (alternative)

From Middle English realgar, from Medieval Latin realgar, resalgar, from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār, literally “cave dust”).

der

رَهْج اَلْغَار

(mineralogy) A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.


realgar

realgar (nominative singular)
realgary (nominative plural)
realgaru (genitive singular)
realgarów (genitive plural)
realgarowi (dative singular)
realgarom (dative plural)
realgar (accusative singular)
realgary (accusative plural)
realgarem (instrumental singular)
realgarami (instrumental plural)
realgarze (locative singular)
realgarach (locative plural)
realgarze (singular vocative)
realgary (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin realgar, from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār).

der

رَهْج اَلْغَار


chrysoprase

From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) and πράσινον (prásinon, “green”).

[…]or such pale green and uncertain as we see in sunset sky, and in the clefts of the glacier and the chrysoprase,[…]

1846, [John Ruskin], chapter 10, in Modern Painters […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, part III (Of Ideas of Beauty), section II (Of the Imaginative Faculty), § 7, page 79:

With shaken soul of light and shuddering blaze / Of leaping emerald and cold chrysoprase

(mineralogy) A variety of light-green translucent quartz.


topaasi

topaasi (nominative singular)
topaasit (nominative plural)
topaasi (accusative nominative singular)
topaasit (accusative nominative plural)
topaasin (accusative genitive singular)
topaasit (accusative genitive plural)
topaasin (genitive singular)
topaasien (genitive plural)
topaaseiden (genitive plural)
topaaseitten (genitive plural)
topaasia (partitive singular)
topaaseita (partitive plural)
topaaseja (partitive plural)
topaasissa (inessive singular)
topaaseissa (inessive plural)
topaasista (elative singular)
topaaseista (elative plural)
topaasiin (illative singular)
topaaseihin (illative plural)
topaasilla (adessive singular)
topaaseilla (adessive plural)
topaasilta (ablative singular)
topaaseilta (ablative plural)
topaasille (allative singular)
topaaseille (allative plural)
topaasina (essive singular)
topaaseina (essive plural)
topaasiksi (singular translative)
topaaseiksi (plural translative)
topaasitta (abessive singular)
topaaseitta (abessive plural)
topaasein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
topaasini (nominative singular)
topaasini (nominative plural)
topaasini (accusative nominative singular)
topaasini (accusative nominative plural)
topaasini (accusative genitive singular)
topaasini (accusative genitive plural)
topaasini (genitive singular)
topaasieni (genitive plural)
topaaseideni (genitive plural)
topaaseitteni (genitive plural)
topaasiani (partitive singular)
topaaseitani (partitive plural)
topaasejani (partitive plural)
topaasissani (inessive singular)
topaaseissani (inessive plural)
topaasistani (elative singular)
topaaseistani (elative plural)
topaasiini (illative singular)
topaaseihini (illative plural)
topaasillani (adessive singular)
topaaseillani (adessive plural)
topaasiltani (ablative singular)
topaaseiltani (ablative plural)
topaasilleni (allative singular)
topaaseilleni (allative plural)
topaasinani (essive singular)
topaaseinani (essive plural)
topaasikseni (singular translative)
topaaseikseni (plural translative)
topaasittani (abessive singular)
topaaseittani (abessive plural)
topaaseineni (comitative plural)
topaasisi (nominative singular)
topaasisi (nominative plural)
topaasisi (accusative nominative singular)
topaasisi (accusative nominative plural)
topaasisi (accusative genitive singular)
topaasisi (accusative genitive plural)
topaasisi (genitive singular)
topaasiesi (genitive plural)
topaaseidesi (genitive plural)
topaaseittesi (genitive plural)
topaasiasi (partitive singular)
topaaseitasi (partitive plural)
topaasejasi (partitive plural)
topaasissasi (inessive singular)
topaaseissasi (inessive plural)
topaasistasi (elative singular)
topaaseistasi (elative plural)
topaasiisi (illative singular)
topaaseihisi (illative plural)
topaasillasi (adessive singular)
topaaseillasi (adessive plural)
topaasiltasi (ablative singular)
topaaseiltasi (ablative plural)
topaasillesi (allative singular)
topaaseillesi (allative plural)
topaasinasi (essive singular)
topaaseinasi (essive plural)
topaasiksesi (singular translative)
topaaseiksesi (plural translative)
topaasittasi (abessive singular)
topaaseittasi (abessive plural)
topaaseinesi (comitative plural)
topaasimme (nominative singular)
topaasimme (nominative plural)
topaasimme (accusative nominative singular)
topaasimme (accusative nominative plural)
topaasimme (accusative genitive singular)
topaasimme (accusative genitive plural)
topaasimme (genitive singular)
topaasiemme (genitive plural)
topaaseidemme (genitive plural)
topaaseittemme (genitive plural)
topaasiamme (partitive singular)
topaaseitamme (partitive plural)
topaasejamme (partitive plural)
topaasissamme (inessive singular)
topaaseissamme (inessive plural)
topaasistamme (elative singular)
topaaseistamme (elative plural)
topaasiimme (illative singular)
topaaseihimme (illative plural)
topaasillamme (adessive singular)
topaaseillamme (adessive plural)
topaasiltamme (ablative singular)
topaaseiltamme (ablative plural)
topaasillemme (allative singular)
topaaseillemme (allative plural)
topaasinamme (essive singular)
topaaseinamme (essive plural)
topaasiksemme (singular translative)
topaaseiksemme (plural translative)
topaasittamme (abessive singular)
topaaseittamme (abessive plural)
topaaseinemme (comitative plural)
topaasinne (nominative singular)
topaasinne (nominative plural)
topaasinne (accusative nominative singular)
topaasinne (accusative nominative plural)
topaasinne (accusative genitive singular)
topaasinne (accusative genitive plural)
topaasinne (genitive singular)
topaasienne (genitive plural)
topaaseidenne (genitive plural)
topaaseittenne (genitive plural)
topaasianne (partitive singular)
topaaseitanne (partitive plural)
topaasejanne (partitive plural)
topaasissanne (inessive singular)
topaaseissanne (inessive plural)
topaasistanne (elative singular)
topaaseistanne (elative plural)
topaasiinne (illative singular)
topaaseihinne (illative plural)
topaasillanne (adessive singular)
topaaseillanne (adessive plural)
topaasiltanne (ablative singular)
topaaseiltanne (ablative plural)
topaasillenne (allative singular)
topaaseillenne (allative plural)
topaasinanne (essive singular)
topaaseinanne (essive plural)
topaasiksenne (singular translative)
topaaseiksenne (plural translative)
topaasittanne (abessive singular)
topaaseittanne (abessive plural)
topaaseinenne (comitative plural)
topaasinsa (nominative singular)
topaasinsa (nominative plural)
topaasinsa (accusative nominative singular)
topaasinsa (accusative nominative plural)
topaasinsa (accusative genitive singular)
topaasinsa (accusative genitive plural)
topaasinsa (genitive singular)
topaasiensa (genitive plural)
topaaseidensa (genitive plural)
topaaseittensa (genitive plural)
topaasiaan (partitive singular)
topaasiansa (partitive singular)
topaaseitaan (partitive plural)
topaasejaan (partitive plural)
topaaseitansa (partitive plural)
topaasejansa (partitive plural)
topaasissaan (inessive singular)
topaasissansa (inessive singular)
topaaseissaan (inessive plural)
topaaseissansa (inessive plural)
topaasistaan (elative singular)
topaasistansa (elative singular)
topaaseistaan (elative plural)
topaaseistansa (elative plural)
topaasiinsa (illative singular)
topaaseihinsa (illative plural)
topaasillaan (adessive singular)
topaasillansa (adessive singular)
topaaseillaan (adessive plural)
topaaseillansa (adessive plural)
topaasiltaan (ablative singular)
topaasiltansa (ablative singular)
topaaseiltaan (ablative plural)
topaaseiltansa (ablative plural)
topaasilleen (allative singular)
topaasillensa (allative singular)
topaaseilleen (allative plural)
topaaseillensa (allative plural)
topaasinaan (essive singular)
topaasinansa (essive singular)
topaaseinaan (essive plural)
topaaseinansa (essive plural)
topaasikseen (singular translative)
topaasiksensa (singular translative)
topaaseikseen (plural translative)
topaaseiksensa (plural translative)
topaasittaan (abessive singular)
topaasittansa (abessive singular)
topaaseittaan (abessive plural)
topaaseittansa (abessive plural)
topaaseineen (comitative plural)
topaaseinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈt̪o̞pɑ̝ːs̠i]

From Swedish topas, from French topaze, from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).


chiastolite

en-noun

chiastolite (countable and uncountable, plural chiastolites)

From Ancient Greek χιαστός (khiastós, “arranged diagonally”) derived from χι (khi, “Greek letter X khi”) + -lite. So called from the resemblance of the crosscuts of its crystals to the Greek letter chi.

der

(mineralogy) An aluminosilicate mineral having carbon inclusions, a variety of andalusite.


apatite

en-noun

apatite (countable and uncountable, plural apatites)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-apatite.wav

From international scientific vocabulary, from German Apatit (“apatite”). Apatit was coined by the German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), as follows: Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πᾰ́τη (ăpắtē, “deceit, fraud”) (as it is often mistaken for other minerals) + German -it (suffix forming nouns denoting minerals or rocks; cognate with English -ite); the German word was first used in a 1786 book. Regarding minerals that were named for being deceptive and thus confused with others, compare also fool's gold.

der

suffix forming nouns denoting minerals or rocks; cognate with English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-ite</i>

We had prepared, by precipitation methods, finely divided crystalline apatites that were similar in crystal size and x-ray diffraction profile to bone apatite.

1967, Duncan McConnell et al., “Infrared Absorption of Carbonate Apatite”, in Science, volume 155, number 3762 (New Series), Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 608:

(mineralogy) A calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer, as a gemstone, and (in powdered form) as a pigment, and also produced biologically in bones and teeth.

Abraham Gottlob Werner
international scientific vocabulary


perimorph

(mineralogy) A mineral enclosed within another.

(mineralogy) The outer mineral that encloses an endomorph.


carnelian

en-noun

carnelian (countable and uncountable, plural carnelians)

From cornelian, the red form named carneolus under the influence of Latin carneus (“fleshy”) because of its color.

1952, You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, beryl, and onyx, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald; and wrought in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared., Ezekiel 28:13 RSV:

(mineralogy) A hard, reddish brown chalcedony used in jewelry.


rhodochrosite

rhodochrosite (countable and uncountable, plural rhodochrosites)

From Ancient Greek ῥοδόχρως (rhodókhrōs, “having rosy colour”), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “colour”).

uder

(mineralogy) A crystalline mineral composed mainly of manganese carbonate MnCO₃.


sal ammoniac

From Middle English sal armenak, sal armoniac, salarmoniac, sal armoniacum, sal armoniak, sal armonyak, salarmonyak, salle armonyacke, salt armoniake, salt armonyac, from Latin sal ammōniacus, sal armōniacus (“salt of Amun, ammonium chloride”), named so because it was found near the temple of (Jupiter) Ammon in Egypt. Ammon derives from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from Egyptian jmn. Doublet of salmiac.

salammoniac (alternative)
sal-ammoniac (alternative)

(mineralogy) a rare mineral composed of ammonium chloride found around volcanic fumaroles and guano deposits.


rhodonite

en-noun

rhodonite (countable and uncountable, plural rhodonites)

From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A manganese inosilicate mineral with some substitution by iron and magnesium, of composition (Mn²⁺,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO₃.

rhodium

etymologically related [via color] but not chemically related


romanechite

Named after its discovery locality: Romaneche, Saône-et-Loir, France.
Romanech- + -ite

(mineralogy) a mixed oxide mineral of manganese and barium which is an ore of manganese


nahcolite

nahcolite (countable and uncountable, plural nahcolites)

From its chemical formula NaHCO₃, named in 1929.

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of sodium bicarbonate.


anhydrite

anhydrite (countable and uncountable, plural anhydrites)

(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.


antarctictite

(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of calcium chloride, CaCl.6H₂O, found in Victoria Land, Antarctica.


aphthitalite

aphthitalite (usually uncountable, plural aphthitalites)

From Ancient Greek ἄφθιτος (áphthitos, “imperishable”) (though the intended meaning is “unalterable”) + ἅλς (háls, “salt”) + -ite.

der

(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of mixed potassium and sodium sulphates; also found in the fumaroles of volcanos.


aragonite

en-noun

aragonite (countable and uncountable, plural aragonites)

From Aragon + -ite, after the province in Spain, named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1790.

The basic chemical material of molluscan shells is calcium carbonate, which forms the outer layer of calcite, and the inner layer of aragonite, which is a heavier and harder substance although it has the same chemical composition.

1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Appendix, p. 268:

(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃ and occurring in pearls, shells and nacre; it is dimorphous with calcite.


astrakanite

(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of a mixed sodium and magnesium sulphate.


blödite

An eponym from Carl August Blöde (German chemist, 1773–1820), therefore Blöde + -ite (“rock, mineral”).

(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of a mixed sodium and magnesium sulphate, with the chemical formula Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O.


bassanite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of calcium sulfate, found at Vesuvius.


bischofite

bischofite (countable and uncountable, plural bischofites)

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.


burkeite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphate with the chemical formula Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂, found at Searles Lake, California.


carnalite

carnalite (countable and uncountable, plural carnalites)

(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of a mixed potassium and magnesium chloride; sometimes used as a flux in steelmaking.


dolomite

dolomite (countable and uncountable, plural dolomites)

From French dolomite, coined March 1792 by Nicolas de Saussure, named after French mineralogist and engineer Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801) who described the stone in 1791 by adding -ite, from place name Dolomieu, Isère.

named-after

(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula CaMg(CO₃)₂; it also exists as the rock dolostone.


epsomite

en-noun

epsomite (countable and uncountable, plural epsomites)

From Epsom + -ite, named after the place Epsom in England in 1824.

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate, also found in fumaroles, with the chemical formula MgSO₄·7H₂O.


gaylussite

From Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed sodium and calcium carbonate, with the chemical formula Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O.


glaserite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of potassium sulphate.


glauberite

Named after Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604-68), + -ite.

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed sodium and calcium sulphate, with the chemical formula Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂.


hexahydrite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate hexahydrate.


ikaite

Named after Ikka Fjord (formerly spelled Ika) a small fjord in southwestern Greenland.

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of hydrated calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃·6H₂O, found in cold marine waters.


kainite

kainite (countable and uncountable, plural kainites)

Borrowed from German Kainit; see there for more.

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO₄·KCl·3H₂O, found in German salt mines.


kieserite

kieserite (countable and uncountable, plural kieserites)

From Kieser + -ite. After the German D. G. Kieser (1779-1862) in 1860.

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of hydrated magnesium sulphate


langbeinite

langbeinite (countable and uncountable, plural langbeinites)

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed potassium and magnesium sulphate, with the chemical formula K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃.


leonhardite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a calcium aluminosilicate


leonite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed potassium and magnesium sulphate, with the chemical formula (K₂SO₄)(MgSO₄)


loewite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed sodium and magnesium sulphate


mirabilite

From Latin mīrābilis (“miraculous”) + -ite. From the Latin term sal mirabilis (“wonderful salt”), which was used by German-Dutch alchemist Johann Rudolph Glauber (1604–1670) after he inadvertently synthesised the substance.

Mounds of mirabilite have been observed near the north-west side of White Island, (e.g., Debenham 1965). These mirabilites probably originated by infiltration of sea water into the ice shelf, followed by ablation of the surface until the brines were exposed to evaporation and freeze concentration with precipitation of mirabilite on the surface.

1975, M. K. Stewart, “Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Studies on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica”, in New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 18, Number 1, page 61:

Bedded deposits of mirabilite occur in coastal areas of East Antarctica, such as the Vestfold Hills and in the Skarvsnes area of Lutzow-Holm Bay, about 1500 km further west (Fig 1.3).

1987, I. B. Campbell, G. G. C. Claridge, Antarctica: Soils, Weathering Processes and Environment, Elsevier, page 253:

Mirabilite could have been and probably was scooped up off the cave floor and out of breakdown hollows, or brushed off ceilings and walls where it forms abundantly.

2002, George M. Crothers, Charles H. Faulkner, Jan F. Simek, Patty Jo Watson, P. Willey, “23: Woodland Cave Archaeology in Eastern North America”, in David G. Anderson, Robert C. Mainfort, editors, The Woodland Southeast, University of Alabama Press, page 512:

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of sodium sulfate, with the chemical formula Na₂SO₄·10H₂O.

芒硝

saline evaporite consisting of sodium sulfate


pentahydrite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate pentahydrate, with the chemical formula MgSO₄·5H₂O.


picromerite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed potassium and magnesium sulphate, with the chemical formula K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6(H₂O).


pirssonite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed sodium and calcium carbonate


rinneite

Named after German crystallographer and petrographer Freidrich Wilhelm Berthold Rinne (1863-1933) in 1909.

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of mixed potassium, sodium and ferrous chloride, K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆.


sanderite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of hydrated magnesium sulphate, MgSO₄·H₂O.


schoenite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed potassium and magnesium sulphate, of the chemical formula K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6(H₂O).


shortite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed sodium and calcium carbonate, with the chemical formula Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃.


sylvite

sylvite (countable and uncountable, plural sylvites)

After the surname of Dutch scientist Franciscus Sylvius + -ite.

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles.


syngenite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed potassium and calcium sulphate


tachyhydrite

tachyhydrite (countable and uncountable, plural tachyhydrites)

From Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “quick”) + ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium chloride, with the chemical formula CaMg₂Cl₆·12H₂O.


thermonatrite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of sodium carbonate, with the chemical formula Na₂CO₃·H₂O.


thernadite

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of sodium sulphate


trona

From Swedish trona or from Spanish trona, both derived from Arabic أَطْرُون (ʔaṭrūn), from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj: R9. Doublet of natron and niter.

der

Arabic أَطْرُون (ʔaṭrūn)

(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na₃HCO₃CO₃·2H₂O.


trona

sk-noun

trona f (genitive singular trony, declension pattern of žena)

trony (genitive singular)
žena (declension-pattern-of)
trona (nominative singular-only)
trony (genitive singular-only)
trone (dative singular-only)
tronu (accusative singular-only)
trone (locative singular-only)
tronou (instrumental singular-only)

Derived from Swedish trona, from Arabic اَطْرُون (aṭrūn), which derives from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), from Egyptian nṯrj.


trona

English: trona

From Arabic أَطْرُون (ʔaṭrūn), from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), from Egyptian nṯrj.

der

Arabic أَطْرُون (ʔaṭrūn)


scheelite

en-noun

scheelite (countable and uncountable, plural scheelites)

Named after the Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786).

(mineralogy) A mineral composed of calcium tungstate, with the chemical formula CaWO₄; it is one of the principal ores for tungsten.


carnallite

carnallite (countable and uncountable, plural carnallites)

Named after the mineralogist Von Carnall (1804-74), + -ite.

(mineralogy) An evaporite composed of a mixture of potassium chloride and magnesium chloride, with the chemical formula KMgCl₃·6H₂O.


sepiolite

sepiolite (countable and uncountable, plural sepiolites)

From Latin sepia (“cuttlefish”) + -lite, from its resemblance to cuttlebone.

(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes.

merenvaha

a clay mineral, the formal name of meerschaum


siderite

siderite (countable and uncountable, plural siderites)

From Ancient Greek σιδηρίτης (sidērítēs, “made of iron”), from Ancient Greek σίδηρος (sídēros, “iron”), or from Latin sideritis (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek σιδηρῖτις (sidērîtis, “loadstone”). By surface analysis, sider- + -ite.

uder

(uncountable, mineralogy) a widespread brown mineral, FeCO₃, having the structure of calcite.


sillimanite

en-noun

sillimanite (countable and uncountable, plural sillimanites)

From Silliman + -ite. Named after American chemist and geologist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) in 1824.

(mineralogy) A fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite, with the chemical formula Al₂SiO₅.


skutterudite

skutterudite (countable and uncountable, plural skutterudites)

From Skutterud + -ite, after the old spelling of the town of Skotterud in Norway.

(mineralogy) Any of a class of mixed cobalt and nickel arsenide and sulfide minerals.


smithsonite

smithsonite (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)

Named after James Smithson (1754-1829) in 1832.

(mineralogy) A mineral form of zinc carbonate, ZnCO₃, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone.


smithsonite

fr-noun

smithsonite f (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)


smithsonite

it-noun

smithsonite f (countable and uncountable, plural smithsoniti)


soapstone

en-noun

soapstone (countable and uncountable, plural soapstones)

From soap + stone; so called because the archetypal varieties of the stone resemble soap in multiple ways: their feel, appearance, and carvability. First use appears c. 1681, in the writings of Nehemiah Grew.

steatite

often synonymous; more information at soapstone § Terminology


क्वार्टज़

hi-noun

क्वार्टज़ • (kvārṭz) m (Urdu spelling کوارٹز)

kvārṭz (romanization)
کوارٹز (Urdu)
क्वार्टज़ (direct singular)
क्वार्टज़ (direct plural)
क्वार्टज़ (oblique singular)
क्वार्टज़ों (oblique plural)
क्वार्टज़ (singular vocative)
क्वार्टज़ो (plural vocative)

hi-ndecl

//क्वार्ट्ज़<M>


adular

adular (nominative singular)
adulary (nominative plural)
adularu (genitive singular)
adularów (genitive plural)
adularowi (dative singular)
adularom (dative plural)
adular (accusative singular)
adulary (accusative plural)
adularem (instrumental singular)
adularami (instrumental plural)
adularze (locative singular)
adularach (locative plural)
adularze (singular vocative)
adulary (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Adular. First attested in 1827.

ref

Ignacy Jakowicki (1827) Wykład oryktognozyi i początków geognozyi, page 119


adular

adulare (plural)
adular (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
adularul (accusative definite nominative singular)
adulare (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
adularele (accusative definite nominative plural)
adular (indefinite singular)
adularului (definite singular)
adulare (indefinite plural)
adularelor (definite plural)
adularule (singular vocative)
adularelor (plural vocative)


aplome

From French aplome, from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”). Coined by French priest and mineralogist René Just Haüy in 1801.

coin

Aplome (properly haplome) has its dodecahedral faces striated parallel to the shorter diagonal, whence Haüy inferred that the fundamental form was the cube; and as this form is simpler than the dodecahedron, he gave it a name derived from ἁπλόος, simple. Color of the original aplome (of unknown locality) dark brown; also found yellowish green and brownish green at Schwarzenberg in Saxony, and on the Lena in Siberia.

1912, Edward Salisbury Dana, A Text-book of Mineralogy with an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and Physical Mineralogy, New York: John Wiley & Sons, E.2.(b), page 417:

(mineralogy) A brown or green variety of andradite containing manganese.


carbonation

en-noun

carbonation (countable and uncountable, plural carbonations)

(mineralogy) The replacement of calcium hydroxide with calcium carbonate triggered by a chemical reaction.


sphalerite

From Ancient Greek σφαλερός (sphalerós, “unstable, unsteady, precarious”) + -ite; named in 1847.

suffix

The Monte Cristo and Philadelphia sphalerites have similar mean Pb concentrations (80 ppm) that are lower than the Lucky Dog sphalerites (119 ppm).

2009 February 6, Jamie J. Wilkinson et al., “Anomalously Metal-Rich Fluids Form Hydrothermal Ore Deposits”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 764–767:

(mineralogy) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium, gallium, germanium and indium.


水晶

ja-noun

水(すい)晶(しょう) • (suishō) ^(←すいしやう (suisyau)?)

水晶 (canonical)
suishō (romanization)
suisyau (romanization)
すいしやう (hiragana historical)

水(すい) (sui, “water”) + 晶(しょう) (shō, “crystal”).


vicinal

(mineralogy) Describing subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place.


alabastro

From Latin alabastrum, or borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase made of alabaster”).


calamine

en-noun

calamine (usually uncountable, plural calamines)

From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kădmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of cadmia, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.

doublet

(mineralogy) Synonym of hemimorphite, an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing zinc.


spodumene

en-noun

spodumene (countable and uncountable, plural spodumenes)

From Ancient Greek σποδούμενος (spodoúmenos, “burnt to ashes”).

der

The individual characters of the several minerals produced from the change of the spodumene have already been given, and something has been said as to their mutual relations;[…].

1880, George J. Brush, Edward S. Dana, Art. XXIX.—On the Mineral Locality At Branchville, Connecticut: Fourth Paper. Spodumene and the results of its Alteration: The American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, Vol XX, Nos 115—120, page 276:

Two coexisting spodumenes occurred in sample A, one with high, the other with low, sodium content.

1990, Australian Mineralogist, Volume 5, page 21:

Spodumene alone was found to be too refractory to produce vitrification at cone 11.

2000, Mimi Obstler, Out of the Earth, Into the Fire, American Ceramic Society, page 59:

(mineralogy) The mineral lithium aluminium inosilicate (LiAl(SiO₃)₂), a pyroxene and ore of lithium, sometimes regarded as a gemstone, which may be greenish, yellowish or pinkish in appearance.

spodumeeni

pyroxene mineral, lithium aluminum inosilicate


stishovite

en-noun

stishovite (usually uncountable, plural stishovites)

Named after Russian physicist Sergey Stishov + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A fine-grained mineral, of SiO₂, that is a polymorphic form of quartz formed under very high pressure.


strontianite

en-noun

strontianite (usually uncountable, plural strontianites)

From Strontian (“a place in Scotland where it was discovered”) + -ite. Coined by Scottish chemist Thomas Charles Hope in 1791.

coin

(mineralogy) A grey or yellowish mineral, SrCO₃, strontium carbonate, that is an ore of strontium.


tetrahedrite

en-noun

tetrahedrite (countable and uncountable, plural tetrahedrites)

Named for its tetrahedral crystals in 1845.

(mineralogy) A complex ore of copper, a mixed sulfide of copper, iron, zinc, silver and antimony.


nephrite

nephrite (countable and uncountable, plural nephrites)

From Latin lapis nephriticus, via Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) νεφριτικός (nephritikós), meaning kidney stone, because jade was believed to have cured kidney stones.

Occurrences of nephrite are more numerous. China’s most important source throughout its history has been the region of Khotan (Ho-t‘ien) and Yarkand in Central Asia. In more recent times the Chinese have also imported nephrite from the neighbourhood of Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia.

1968, S. Howard Hansford, “The Material and Its Sources”, in Chinese Carved Jades, Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society Ltd., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27:

(mineralogy) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).


thorianite

thorianite (countable and uncountable, plural thorianites)

(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral containing thorium dioxide (ThO₂) plus oxides of uranium, lanthanum, cerium neodymium and praseodymium in smaller quantities.


thorite

thorite (countable and uncountable, plural thorites)

(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral, composed mostly of thorium silicate (ThSiO₄), along with silicates of uranium and the rare earths.


marmor

head

marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)

marmoren (definite singular)
marmoret (definite singular)

Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).


titanite

en-noun

titanite (countable and uncountable, plural titanites)

(mineralogy) A mixed calcium and titanium neosilicate, CaTiSiO₅, once known as sphene.


titanite

→ Romanian: titanit


sphene

sphene (countable and uncountable, plural sphenes)

From French sphène, coined by René Just Haüy in 1801, Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114, after Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).


todorokite

From Japanese 轟 (todoroki, “boom, rumble; sound of thunder”) + -ite, after Todoroki Mine (轟鉱山) in Shiribeshi, Hokkaido where it was discovered.

bor

(mineralogy) A manganese oxide mineral, also containing calcium, barium, potassium, sodium, and sometimes magnesium that is a major constituent of manganese nodules


chalchihuitl

en-noun

chalchihuitl (countable and uncountable, plural chalchihuitls)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chalchihuitl.

But such a determinate value is attached to buckskin, eagle and wild turkey feathers, pelts of the Rocky Mountain lion, chalchihuitl, abalone, olivette shells (unpierced), the perforated sea-shell beads, silver necklaces, and other ornaments[…]

1974, Theodore R. Frisbie, quoting John G. Bourke, “Hishi as Money in the Puebloan Southwest”, in The Snake-dance of the Moquis of Arizona, 1884, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 254, in reference to the Hopi, quoted in Collected Papers in Honor of Florence Hawley Ellis, Norman: Hooper Publishing Company, published 1975, page 125:


yellow cake

yellow cake (countable and uncountable, plural yellow cakes)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-yellow cake.wav

(mineralogy) Alternative form of yellowcake.


giacinto

giacinti (plural)
iacinto (alternative literary obsolete)

From Medieval Latin jacintus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers; a blue precious stone”).

der

(mineralogy) jacinth (variety of zircon)


zirkoni

zirkoni (nominative singular)
zirkonit (nominative plural)
zirkoni (accusative nominative singular)
zirkonit (accusative nominative plural)
zirkonin (accusative genitive singular)
zirkonit (accusative genitive plural)
zirkonin (genitive singular)
zirkonien (genitive plural)
zirkoneiden (genitive plural)
zirkoneitten (genitive plural)
zirkonia (partitive singular)
zirkoneita (partitive plural)
zirkoneja (partitive plural)
zirkonissa (inessive singular)
zirkoneissa (inessive plural)
zirkonista (elative singular)
zirkoneista (elative plural)
zirkoniin (illative singular)
zirkoneihin (illative plural)
zirkonilla (adessive singular)
zirkoneilla (adessive plural)
zirkonilta (ablative singular)
zirkoneilta (ablative plural)
zirkonille (allative singular)
zirkoneille (allative plural)
zirkonina (essive singular)
zirkoneina (essive plural)
zirkoniksi (singular translative)
zirkoneiksi (plural translative)
zirkonitta (abessive singular)
zirkoneitta (abessive plural)
zirkonein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
zirkonini (nominative singular)
zirkonini (nominative plural)
zirkonini (accusative nominative singular)
zirkonini (accusative nominative plural)
zirkonini (accusative genitive singular)
zirkonini (accusative genitive plural)
zirkonini (genitive singular)
zirkonieni (genitive plural)
zirkoneideni (genitive plural)
zirkoneitteni (genitive plural)
zirkoniani (partitive singular)
zirkoneitani (partitive plural)
zirkonejani (partitive plural)
zirkonissani (inessive singular)
zirkoneissani (inessive plural)
zirkonistani (elative singular)
zirkoneistani (elative plural)
zirkoniini (illative singular)
zirkoneihini (illative plural)
zirkonillani (adessive singular)
zirkoneillani (adessive plural)
zirkoniltani (ablative singular)
zirkoneiltani (ablative plural)
zirkonilleni (allative singular)
zirkoneilleni (allative plural)
zirkoninani (essive singular)
zirkoneinani (essive plural)
zirkonikseni (singular translative)
zirkoneikseni (plural translative)
zirkonittani (abessive singular)
zirkoneittani (abessive plural)
zirkoneineni (comitative plural)
zirkonisi (nominative singular)
zirkonisi (nominative plural)
zirkonisi (accusative nominative singular)
zirkonisi (accusative nominative plural)
zirkonisi (accusative genitive singular)
zirkonisi (accusative genitive plural)
zirkonisi (genitive singular)
zirkoniesi (genitive plural)
zirkoneidesi (genitive plural)
zirkoneittesi (genitive plural)
zirkoniasi (partitive singular)
zirkoneitasi (partitive plural)
zirkonejasi (partitive plural)
zirkonissasi (inessive singular)
zirkoneissasi (inessive plural)
zirkonistasi (elative singular)
zirkoneistasi (elative plural)
zirkoniisi (illative singular)
zirkoneihisi (illative plural)
zirkonillasi (adessive singular)
zirkoneillasi (adessive plural)
zirkoniltasi (ablative singular)
zirkoneiltasi (ablative plural)
zirkonillesi (allative singular)
zirkoneillesi (allative plural)
zirkoninasi (essive singular)
zirkoneinasi (essive plural)
zirkoniksesi (singular translative)
zirkoneiksesi (plural translative)
zirkonittasi (abessive singular)
zirkoneittasi (abessive plural)
zirkoneinesi (comitative plural)
zirkonimme (nominative singular)
zirkonimme (nominative plural)
zirkonimme (accusative nominative singular)
zirkonimme (accusative nominative plural)
zirkonimme (accusative genitive singular)
zirkonimme (accusative genitive plural)
zirkonimme (genitive singular)
zirkoniemme (genitive plural)
zirkoneidemme (genitive plural)
zirkoneittemme (genitive plural)
zirkoniamme (partitive singular)
zirkoneitamme (partitive plural)
zirkonejamme (partitive plural)
zirkonissamme (inessive singular)
zirkoneissamme (inessive plural)
zirkonistamme (elative singular)
zirkoneistamme (elative plural)
zirkoniimme (illative singular)
zirkoneihimme (illative plural)
zirkonillamme (adessive singular)
zirkoneillamme (adessive plural)
zirkoniltamme (ablative singular)
zirkoneiltamme (ablative plural)
zirkonillemme (allative singular)
zirkoneillemme (allative plural)
zirkoninamme (essive singular)
zirkoneinamme (essive plural)
zirkoniksemme (singular translative)
zirkoneiksemme (plural translative)
zirkonittamme (abessive singular)
zirkoneittamme (abessive plural)
zirkoneinemme (comitative plural)
zirkoninne (nominative singular)
zirkoninne (nominative plural)
zirkoninne (accusative nominative singular)
zirkoninne (accusative nominative plural)
zirkoninne (accusative genitive singular)
zirkoninne (accusative genitive plural)
zirkoninne (genitive singular)
zirkonienne (genitive plural)
zirkoneidenne (genitive plural)
zirkoneittenne (genitive plural)
zirkonianne (partitive singular)
zirkoneitanne (partitive plural)
zirkonejanne (partitive plural)
zirkonissanne (inessive singular)
zirkoneissanne (inessive plural)
zirkonistanne (elative singular)
zirkoneistanne (elative plural)
zirkoniinne (illative singular)
zirkoneihinne (illative plural)
zirkonillanne (adessive singular)
zirkoneillanne (adessive plural)
zirkoniltanne (ablative singular)
zirkoneiltanne (ablative plural)
zirkonillenne (allative singular)
zirkoneillenne (allative plural)
zirkoninanne (essive singular)
zirkoneinanne (essive plural)
zirkoniksenne (singular translative)
zirkoneiksenne (plural translative)
zirkonittanne (abessive singular)
zirkoneittanne (abessive plural)
zirkoneinenne (comitative plural)
zirkoninsa (nominative singular)
zirkoninsa (nominative plural)
zirkoninsa (accusative nominative singular)
zirkoninsa (accusative nominative plural)
zirkoninsa (accusative genitive singular)
zirkoninsa (accusative genitive plural)
zirkoninsa (genitive singular)
zirkoniensa (genitive plural)
zirkoneidensa (genitive plural)
zirkoneittensa (genitive plural)
zirkoniaan (partitive singular)
zirkoniansa (partitive singular)
zirkoneitaan (partitive plural)
zirkonejaan (partitive plural)
zirkoneitansa (partitive plural)
zirkonejansa (partitive plural)
zirkonissaan (inessive singular)
zirkonissansa (inessive singular)
zirkoneissaan (inessive plural)
zirkoneissansa (inessive plural)
zirkonistaan (elative singular)
zirkonistansa (elative singular)
zirkoneistaan (elative plural)
zirkoneistansa (elative plural)
zirkoniinsa (illative singular)
zirkoneihinsa (illative plural)
zirkonillaan (adessive singular)
zirkonillansa (adessive singular)
zirkoneillaan (adessive plural)
zirkoneillansa (adessive plural)
zirkoniltaan (ablative singular)
zirkoniltansa (ablative singular)
zirkoneiltaan (ablative plural)
zirkoneiltansa (ablative plural)
zirkonilleen (allative singular)
zirkonillensa (allative singular)
zirkoneilleen (allative plural)
zirkoneillensa (allative plural)
zirkoninaan (essive singular)
zirkoninansa (essive singular)
zirkoneinaan (essive plural)
zirkoneinansa (essive plural)
zirkonikseen (singular translative)
zirkoniksensa (singular translative)
zirkoneikseen (plural translative)
zirkoneiksensa (plural translative)
zirkonittaan (abessive singular)
zirkonittansa (abessive singular)
zirkoneittaan (abessive plural)
zirkoneittansa (abessive plural)
zirkoneineen (comitative plural)
zirkoneinensa (comitative plural)


kvartsi

kvartsi (nominative singular)
kvartsit (nominative plural)
kvartsi (accusative nominative singular)
kvartsit (accusative nominative plural)
kvartsin (accusative genitive singular)
kvartsit (accusative genitive plural)
kvartsin (genitive singular)
kvartsien (genitive plural)
kvartsia (partitive singular)
kvartseja (partitive plural)
kvartsissa (inessive singular)
kvartseissa (inessive plural)
kvartsista (elative singular)
kvartseista (elative plural)
kvartsiin (illative singular)
kvartseihin (illative plural)
kvartsilla (adessive singular)
kvartseilla (adessive plural)
kvartsilta (ablative singular)
kvartseilta (ablative plural)
kvartsille (allative singular)
kvartseille (allative plural)
kvartsina (essive singular)
kvartseina (essive plural)
kvartsiksi (singular translative)
kvartseiksi (plural translative)
kvartsitta (abessive singular)
kvartseitta (abessive plural)
kvartsein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kvartsini (nominative singular)
kvartsini (nominative plural)
kvartsini (accusative nominative singular)
kvartsini (accusative nominative plural)
kvartsini (accusative genitive singular)
kvartsini (accusative genitive plural)
kvartsini (genitive singular)
kvartsieni (genitive plural)
kvartsiani (partitive singular)
kvartsejani (partitive plural)
kvartsissani (inessive singular)
kvartseissani (inessive plural)
kvartsistani (elative singular)
kvartseistani (elative plural)
kvartsiini (illative singular)
kvartseihini (illative plural)
kvartsillani (adessive singular)
kvartseillani (adessive plural)
kvartsiltani (ablative singular)
kvartseiltani (ablative plural)
kvartsilleni (allative singular)
kvartseilleni (allative plural)
kvartsinani (essive singular)
kvartseinani (essive plural)
kvartsikseni (singular translative)
kvartseikseni (plural translative)
kvartsittani (abessive singular)
kvartseittani (abessive plural)
kvartseineni (comitative plural)
kvartsisi (nominative singular)
kvartsisi (nominative plural)
kvartsisi (accusative nominative singular)
kvartsisi (accusative nominative plural)
kvartsisi (accusative genitive singular)
kvartsisi (accusative genitive plural)
kvartsisi (genitive singular)
kvartsiesi (genitive plural)
kvartsiasi (partitive singular)
kvartsejasi (partitive plural)
kvartsissasi (inessive singular)
kvartseissasi (inessive plural)
kvartsistasi (elative singular)
kvartseistasi (elative plural)
kvartsiisi (illative singular)
kvartseihisi (illative plural)
kvartsillasi (adessive singular)
kvartseillasi (adessive plural)
kvartsiltasi (ablative singular)
kvartseiltasi (ablative plural)
kvartsillesi (allative singular)
kvartseillesi (allative plural)
kvartsinasi (essive singular)
kvartseinasi (essive plural)
kvartsiksesi (singular translative)
kvartseiksesi (plural translative)
kvartsittasi (abessive singular)
kvartseittasi (abessive plural)
kvartseinesi (comitative plural)
kvartsimme (nominative singular)
kvartsimme (nominative plural)
kvartsimme (accusative nominative singular)
kvartsimme (accusative nominative plural)
kvartsimme (accusative genitive singular)
kvartsimme (accusative genitive plural)
kvartsimme (genitive singular)
kvartsiemme (genitive plural)
kvartsiamme (partitive singular)
kvartsejamme (partitive plural)
kvartsissamme (inessive singular)
kvartseissamme (inessive plural)
kvartsistamme (elative singular)
kvartseistamme (elative plural)
kvartsiimme (illative singular)
kvartseihimme (illative plural)
kvartsillamme (adessive singular)
kvartseillamme (adessive plural)
kvartsiltamme (ablative singular)
kvartseiltamme (ablative plural)
kvartsillemme (allative singular)
kvartseillemme (allative plural)
kvartsinamme (essive singular)
kvartseinamme (essive plural)
kvartsiksemme (singular translative)
kvartseiksemme (plural translative)
kvartsittamme (abessive singular)
kvartseittamme (abessive plural)
kvartseinemme (comitative plural)
kvartsinne (nominative singular)
kvartsinne (nominative plural)
kvartsinne (accusative nominative singular)
kvartsinne (accusative nominative plural)
kvartsinne (accusative genitive singular)
kvartsinne (accusative genitive plural)
kvartsinne (genitive singular)
kvartsienne (genitive plural)
kvartsianne (partitive singular)
kvartsejanne (partitive plural)
kvartsissanne (inessive singular)
kvartseissanne (inessive plural)
kvartsistanne (elative singular)
kvartseistanne (elative plural)
kvartsiinne (illative singular)
kvartseihinne (illative plural)
kvartsillanne (adessive singular)
kvartseillanne (adessive plural)
kvartsiltanne (ablative singular)
kvartseiltanne (ablative plural)
kvartsillenne (allative singular)
kvartseillenne (allative plural)
kvartsinanne (essive singular)
kvartseinanne (essive plural)
kvartsiksenne (singular translative)
kvartseiksenne (plural translative)
kvartsittanne (abessive singular)
kvartseittanne (abessive plural)
kvartseinenne (comitative plural)
kvartsinsa (nominative singular)
kvartsinsa (nominative plural)
kvartsinsa (accusative nominative singular)
kvartsinsa (accusative nominative plural)
kvartsinsa (accusative genitive singular)
kvartsinsa (accusative genitive plural)
kvartsinsa (genitive singular)
kvartsiensa (genitive plural)
kvartsiaan (partitive singular)
kvartsiansa (partitive singular)
kvartsejaan (partitive plural)
kvartsejansa (partitive plural)
kvartsissaan (inessive singular)
kvartsissansa (inessive singular)
kvartseissaan (inessive plural)
kvartseissansa (inessive plural)
kvartsistaan (elative singular)
kvartsistansa (elative singular)
kvartseistaan (elative plural)
kvartseistansa (elative plural)
kvartsiinsa (illative singular)
kvartseihinsa (illative plural)
kvartsillaan (adessive singular)
kvartsillansa (adessive singular)
kvartseillaan (adessive plural)
kvartseillansa (adessive plural)
kvartsiltaan (ablative singular)
kvartsiltansa (ablative singular)
kvartseiltaan (ablative plural)
kvartseiltansa (ablative plural)
kvartsilleen (allative singular)
kvartsillensa (allative singular)
kvartseilleen (allative plural)
kvartseillensa (allative plural)
kvartsinaan (essive singular)
kvartsinansa (essive singular)
kvartseinaan (essive plural)
kvartseinansa (essive plural)
kvartsikseen (singular translative)
kvartsiksensa (singular translative)
kvartseikseen (plural translative)
kvartseiksensa (plural translative)
kvartsittaan (abessive singular)
kvartsittansa (abessive singular)
kvartseittaan (abessive plural)
kvartseittansa (abessive plural)
kvartseineen (comitative plural)
kvartseinensa (comitative plural)


travertine

en-noun

travertine (countable and uncountable, plural travertines)

From Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin tīburtīnus (“Tiburtine”).

[...] imitation travertine, resembling marble, has been used to cover the station exterior, [...].

1941 January, “Notes and News: The Hitler Station in Rome”, in Railway Magazine, page 33:

Halder stopped outside a seven-storey building sheathed in pale travertine marble.

2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 191:

(mineralogy) A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.

տրավերտին

form of concretionary limestone or calcite


tremolite

tremolite (countable and uncountable, plural tremolites)

From Tremola San Gottardo in Switzerland, where found, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A pale grey/green amphibole mineral, a type of asbestos, that is a mixed calcium and magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula Ca₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂; sometimes used in place of common asbestos.


uraninite

(mineralogy) Any of several brownish-black forms of uranium dioxide, UO₂, (especially pitchblende) that is the chief ore of uranium; it is isomorphous with thorianite.


vesuvianite

vesuvianite (countable and uncountable, plural vesuvianites)

(mineralogy) A yellow, green or brown mineral, a mixed calcium, magnesium and aluminium silicate sometimes used as a gemstone.


greigite

From Joseph W. Greig, American mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A magnetic form of iron sulfide, Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄, analogous to magnetite, produced by microorganisms and found in lake sediments; Note: half the iron ions are ferrous and half ferric.


alunite

alunite (countable and uncountable, plural alunites)

From its earlier name aluminilite, given in 1824.

(mineralogy) A gray whitish, water-soluble mineral, potassium aluminium sulphate; the natural source of alum, KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆.


石灰岩

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

/sɛːk̚² fuːi̯⁵⁵ ŋaːm²¹/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

/sɛːk̚² fuːi̯⁵⁵ ŋaːm²¹/


石灰岩

ja-noun

石(せっ)灰(かい)岩(がん) • (sekkaigan) ^(←せきくわいがん (sekikwaigan)?)

石灰岩 (canonical)
sekkaigan (romanization)
sekikwaigan (romanization)
せきくわいがん (hiragana historical)


カンラン岩

カンラン岩 (canonical)
kanrangan (romanization)
橄欖岩 (alternative)


斜長石

/ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/


正長石

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/


kvarts

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kvarts (genitive kvartsi, partitive kvartsi)


kvarts

fo-noun

kvarts n (genitive singular kvarts, uncountable)

kvarts (genitive singular)
kvarts (indefinite nominative singular)
kvartsið (definite nominative singular)
kvarts (accusative indefinite singular)
kvartsið (accusative definite singular)
kvartsi (dative indefinite singular)
kvartsinum (dative definite singular)
kvarts (genitive indefinite singular)
kvartsins (definite genitive singular)

From German Quarz, from Middle High German twarc.


輝安鉱

[kʲiã̠ŋko̞ː]


potassium feldspar

en-noun

potassium feldspar (plural potassium feldspars)

potassium aluminium silicate
potassium aluminium silicate

(mineralogy) Any of several alkaline feldspars containing potassium aluminium silicate, KAlSi₃O₈


wavellite

wavellite (countable and uncountable, plural wavellites)

Named after British naturalist Dr. William Wavell (1750–1829), who discovered the mineral, + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A hydrated aluminium phosphate, Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH,F)₃·5H₂O, sometimes mined as a source of phosphorus.


willemite

en-noun

willemite (countable and uncountable, plural willemites)

willemites (plural)
villemite (alternative)

In honour of Willem I, king of the Netherlands, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare mineral, anhydrous zinc silicate, Zn₂SiO₄, that is a minor ore of zinc.


witherite

witherite (countable and uncountable, plural witherites)

After the English physician and mineralogist William Withering (1741-1799) in 1790.

(mineralogy) A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO₃