berill

head

berill (countable and uncountable, plural berillek)

berillek (plural)
berill (nominative singular)
berillek (nominative plural)
berillt (accusative singular)
berilleket (accusative plural)
berillnek (dative singular)
berilleknek (dative plural)
berillel (instrumental singular)
berillekkel (instrumental plural)
berillért (causal-final singular)
berillekért (causal-final plural)
berillé (singular translative)
berillekké (plural translative)
berillig (singular terminative)
berillekig (plural terminative)
berillként (essive-formal singular)
berillekként (essive-formal plural)
berillben (inessive singular)
berillekben (inessive plural)
berillen (singular superessive)
berilleken (plural superessive)
berillnél (adessive singular)
berilleknél (adessive plural)
berillbe (illative singular)
berillekbe (illative plural)
berillre (singular sublative)
berillekre (plural sublative)
berillhez (allative singular)
berillekhez (allative plural)
berillből (elative singular)
berillekből (elative plural)
berillről (delative singular)
berillekről (delative plural)
berilltől (ablative singular)
berillektől (ablative plural)
berillé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
berilleké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
berilléi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
berillekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
berillem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
berilljeim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
berilled (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
berilljeid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
berillje (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
berilljei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
berillünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
berilljeink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
berilletek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
berilljeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
berilljük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
berilljeik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


arfvedsonite

en-noun

arfvedsonite (countable and uncountable, plural arfvedsonites)

Named for Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841)

(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.


grondwaterstand

nl-noun

grondwaterstand m (plural grondwaterstanden)


grondwater

grondwater n (plural grondwaters or grondwateren, diminutive grondwatertje n)

grondwaters (plural)
grondwateren (plural)
grondwatertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: air tanah (calque)


sismografico

it-adj

sismografico (feminine sismografica, masculine plural sismografici, feminine plural sismografiche)

sismografica (feminine)
sismografici (masculine plural)
sismografiche (feminine plural)


diaspro

Borrowed from Medieval Latin diasprum, derived from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis). See also iaspide.


diaspro

Borrowed from Italian diaspro, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).


metamorf gesteente

nl-noun

metamorf gesteente n (plural metamorfe gesteenten or metamorfe gesteentes, diminutive metamorf gesteentetje n)

metamorfe gesteenten (plural)
metamorfe gesteentes (plural)
metamorf gesteentetje (diminutive neuter)


cornalina

(mineralogy) carnelian (a reddish brown chalcedony)


kidney ore

en-noun

kidney ore (countable and uncountable, plural kidney ores)

(mineralogy) Hematite in a reniform habit.


paneros

la-noun

panerōs f (genitive panerōtis); third declension

panerōs (canonical feminine)
panerōtis (genitive)
panerōs (nominative singular)
panerōtēs (nominative plural)
panerōtis (genitive singular)
panerōtum (genitive plural)
panerōtī (dative singular)
panerōtibus (dative plural)
panerōtem (accusative singular)
panerōtēs (accusative plural)
panerōte (ablative singular)
panerōtibus (ablative plural)
panerōs (singular vocative)
panerōtēs (plural vocative)

(mineralogy) a precious stone reputed to make the bearer fruitful


petrografico

it-adj

petrografico (feminine petrografica, masculine plural petrografici, feminine plural petrografiche)

petrografica (feminine)
petrografici (masculine plural)
petrografiche (feminine plural)


exsolve

en-verb

exsolve (third-person singular simple present exsolves, present participle exsolving, simple past and past participle exsolved)

exsolves (present singular third-person)
exsolving (participle present)
exsolved (participle past)
exsolved (past)

Learned borrowing from Latin exsolvere. Doublet of exolve.

Certain minerals may exsolve into the atmosphere from an erupting volcano.

(mineralogy, when referring to two or more minerals in a solid solution) To separate from one another at a critical point in temperature.


chronostratigraphy

(geology) The interpretation of geologic history by means of the determination of the ages, and time sequence of rock strata.

cronoestratigrafia

the interpretation of geologic history by means of the determination of the ages and time sequence of rock strata


pillow lava

en-noun

pillow lava (countable and uncountable, plural pillow lavas)

(geology, uncountable) The rock type, resembling pillows, typically formed when lava emerges from an underwater volcanic vent or a lava flow enters the ocean.

Ancient pillow lavas are easily recognisable. I first saw them underneath a lighthouse on the coast near Fishguard in western Wales […]

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 45:

(geology, countable) A rock of that type.


kloofdal

nl-noun

kloofdal n (plural kloofdalen, diminutive kloofdalletje n)

kloofdalen (plural)
kloofdalletje (diminutive neuter)

From kloof (“chasm, clough”) + dal (“valley”).


duporthite

Named after Duporth (a town in Cornwall, England, where this mineral occurred) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare asbestiform mineral, a mixture of talc and chlorite.


moldavite

From German Moldawit, from Moldau (“Vltava River”).

When a meteorite strikes the earth, it produces the formation of moldavite. This semiprecious stone, which resembles green glass, has gemlike qualities and is often used in jewelry.

2009, Simon Cox, Decoding The Lost Symbol, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 156:

(geology) A substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.


dunite

Named after the Dun Mountain near the city of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island. Derived from Dun + -ite.


linea

From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), via Spanish línea in reference to the unit of length, from līnum (“flax”). Doublet of line.

The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae.

(astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.


sedimentario

es-adj

sedimentario (feminine sedimentaria, masculine plural sedimentarios, feminine plural sedimentarias)

sedimentaria (feminine)
sedimentarios (masculine plural)
sedimentarias (feminine plural)


javaite

en-noun

javaite (countable and uncountable, plural javaites)

From Java + -ite, from its outcrop on the Indonesian island of Java.

(mineralogy) A tektite found on and around the island of Java.


jasperoid

(mineralogy) A rare dense siliceous rock similar in appearance to chert.


jadeit

jadeit (nominative singular)
jadeity (nominative plural)
jadeitu (genitive singular)
jadeitów (genitive plural)
jadeitowi (dative singular)
jadeitom (dative plural)
jadeit (accusative singular)
jadeity (accusative plural)
jadeitem (instrumental singular)
jadeitami (instrumental plural)
jadeicie (locative singular)
jadeitach (locative plural)
jadeicie (singular vocative)
jadeity (plural vocative)


amba

(geology) a characteristic landform in Ethiopia, consisting of a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain


toadstone

toadstone (countable and uncountable, plural toadstones)

Rowley-Rag appeared to be the same thing as basalt and toadstone resembled some species of lava.

2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 162:

(geology) A soft, earthy variety of trap-rock of a brownish-grey colour, looking like an argillaceous deposit.


tellurico

it-adj

tellurico (feminine tellurica, masculine plural tellurici, feminine plural telluriche)

tellurica (feminine)
tellurici (masculine plural)
telluriche (feminine plural)


tettonico

tettonico (feminine tettonica, masculine plural tettonici, feminine plural tettoniche)

tettonica (feminine)
tettonici (masculine plural)
tettoniche (feminine plural)


bradyseism

(volcanology) A gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber and/or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas

bradisismo

A gradual uplift or descent of the Earth's surface


kryształ

kryształek (diminutive)
kryształ (nominative singular)
kryształy (nominative plural)
kryształu (genitive singular)
kryształów (genitive plural)
kryształowi (dative singular)
kryształom (dative plural)
kryształ (accusative singular)
kryształy (accusative plural)
kryształem (instrumental singular)
kryształami (instrumental plural)
krysztale (locative singular)
kryształach (locative plural)
krysztale (singular vocative)
kryształy (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin crystallum, from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos).


sericite

en-noun

sericite (countable and uncountable, plural sericites)

(mineralogy) A fine-grained mica found in metamorphic rocks


sericitization

sericitization (countable and uncountable, plural sericitizations)

(geology) The hydrothermal or metamorphic alteration of a mineral, often plagioclase, into sericite (a white mica).


monomictic

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, single”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”). By surface analysis, mono- + -mictic.

uder

(limnology, of a lake) Having layers of water that intermix only once per year.


selenian

en-adj

selenian (comparative more selenian, superlative most selenian)

more selenian (comparative)
most selenian (superlative)

(mineralogy) Containing selenium (especially when this replaces another element).


pokład

pokład (nominative singular)
pokłady (nominative plural)
pokładu (genitive singular)
pokładów (genitive plural)
pokładowi (dative singular)
pokładom (dative plural)
pokład (accusative singular)
pokłady (accusative plural)
pokładem (instrumental singular)
pokładami (instrumental plural)
pokładzie (locative singular)
pokładach (locative plural)
pokładzie (singular vocative)
pokłady (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish pokład. By surface analysis, deverbal from pokładać.

surf

(geology) seam; bed, deposit (thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral)


Ring of Fire

The Andes are part of the geological Ring of Fire that circles the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire is a ring of active volcanoes that borders the great continental plates of the Pacific Ocean.

2003, Charles W. Maynard, The Andes, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN:

(geology, volcanology) An area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity, around the Pacific Ocean.


malaquita

(mineralogy) malachite (bright green mineral)


dulang

id-noun

dulang (plural dulang-dulang, first-person possessive dulangku, second-person possessive dulangmu, third-person possessive dulangnya)

dulang-dulang (plural)
dulangku (first-person possessive)
dulangmu (possessive second-person)
dulangnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay dulang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dulaŋ (“tray or low table”).


dulang

ms-noun

dulang (Jawi spelling دولڠ, plural dulang-dulang, informal 1st possessive dulangku, 2nd possessive dulangmu, 3rd possessive dulangnya)

دولڠ (Jawi)
dulang-dulang (plural)
dulangku (first-person informal possessive)
dulangmu (possessive second-person)
dulangnya (possessive third-person)

Indonesian: dulang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dulaŋ (“tray or low table”).


piperno

(geology) a type of igneous rock found in volcanic regions


éon

(geology) eon (longest time period used in geology)


éon

pt-noun

éon m (plural (Portugal) éones or (Brazil) éons)

éones (Portugal plural)
éons (Brazil plural)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn).


scistoso

it-adj

scistoso (feminine scistosa, masculine plural scistosi, feminine plural scistose)

scistosa (feminine)
scistosi (masculine plural)
scistose (feminine plural)


moganite

(mineralogy) A crystalline form of silica that has a different crystal structure than that of quartz


volcanist

(volcanology) Someone interested in volcanism and volcanology the study of volcanoes.


quartzless

The majority of the Diorites are quartzless; but some contain Quartz, and are then termed Quartz-diorites.

1885, Charles Lyell, The Student's Elements of Geology:


stratovolcano

en-noun

stratovolcano (plural stratovolcanoes or stratovolcanos)

stratovolcanoes (plural)
stratovolcanos (plural)

Coordinate term: shield volcano

(volcanology) A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.


gunningite

Dr Henry Cecil Gunning (1901-1991), + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare mineral in the kieserite group, having the chemical formula (Zn,Mn²⁺)SO₄·H₂O.


chondrodite

(mineralogy) A nesosilicate mineral with chemical formula (Mg,Fe)₅(F,OH)₂(SiO₄)₂, the most frequently encountered member of the humite group.


zippeite

zippeite (countable and uncountable, plural zippeites)

F X M Zippe, Prague mineralogist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A hydrous potassium uranium sulfate mineral with chemical formula K₄(UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀·4(H₂O), forming yellow to reddish-brown monoclinic-prismatic crystals with perfect cleavage and formerly used in the manufacture of paint.


zykaite

From the name of Dr. Vaclav Zyka, Czech geochemist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A dull, soft, translucent greyish-white mineral consisting of arsenic, hydrogen, iron, sulfur and oxygen.


magnesioferrite

(mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.


clarkeite

Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847-1931), American mineral chemist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A uranium oxide mineral of variable composition and uncertain structure, its colour varying from dark brown to orange.


zanazziite

From Zanazzi + -ite, after P. F. Zanazzi, Italian professor of mineralogy.

(mineralogy) A complex phosphate with the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)(Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)₄Be₄(OH)₄(PO₄)₆·6H₂O, having a pale to dark olive-green colour.


zussmanite

zussmanite (usually uncountable, plural zussmanites)

Jack Zussman, geology professor and author, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hydrated iron-rich silicate, found as a pale green crystal with perfect cleavage.


santabarbaraite

From Santa Barbara + -ite. Named after Santa Barbara in Italy, where it was found.

(mineralogy) An amorphous ferric hydroxy phosphate mineral hydrate.


osarizawaite

Named after Osarizawa mine, in Akita Prefecture, Japan, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A greenish-yellow mineral with the chemical formula PbCuAl₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₆, having rhombohedral crystals.


xonotlite

Tetela de Xonotla, Mexico, where it was found, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral with the chemical formula Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂, found in various colours.


xocomecatlite

From Nahuatl xocomecatl (“grapevine”) (alluding to its appearance as a set of green spherules), and -ite.

(mineralogy) A telluride mineral found in cracks in altered rhyolite.


greenockite

greenockite (countable and uncountable, plural greenockites)

Lord Greenock, on whose land the mineral was discovered, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.


stilpnomelane

stilpnomelane (countable and uncountable, plural stilpnomelanes)

Ancient Greek στιλπνός (stilpnós, “glittering”), and μελανός (melanós, “black”).

uder

(mineralogy) A metamorphic phyllosilicate mineral of the mica group, having the chemical formula K(Fe²⁺,Mg,Fe³⁺)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₂₇.


microlite

(mineralogy) A basic fluoride of sodium, calcium, tantalum and niobium that is isomorphous with pyrochlore


åkermanite

Named for Anders Richard Åkerman, a Swedish mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A melilite mineral of the sorosilicate group, containing calcium, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen and having the chemical formula Ca₂Mg[Si₂O₇].


polarite

The Polar Ural Mountains in Russia, where it is found, and -ite.

(mineralogy) An opaque, yellow-white mineral with a metallic lustre, having the chemical formula (Pd,(Bi,Pb)).


zimbabweite

Zimbabwe, where it was discovered, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A yellow-brown mineral with chemical formula (Na,K)₂PbAs₄(Nb,Ta,Ti)₄O₁₈, generally classed as an arsenite.


gwihabaite

Gcwihaba Cave in Botswana, where it was found in 1996, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare ammonium potassium nitrate mineral with chemical formula (NH₄,K)(NO₃), orthorhombic in form and colourless with a vitreous lustre.


hafnon

(mineralogy) A mineral of hafnium silicate ore, having the chemical formula HfSiO₄, produced synthetically by substituting hafnium for the zirconium in zircon.


freieslebenite

From Freiesleben + -ite. Named after Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774–1846), Mining Commissioner of Saxony in Germany.

named-after

(mineralogy) A rare opaque sulfide mineral of antimony, lead and silver with the chemical formula AgPbSbS₃.


kornerupine

Named after Andreas Nikolaus Kornerup (1857–1883), Danish geologist + -ine.

(mineralogy) A rare boro-silicate mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe²⁺)₄(Al,Fe³⁺)₆(SiO₄,BO₄)₅(O,OH)₂, some varieties of which are valued as gemstones.


frankhawthorneite

Professor Frank Hawthorne, Winnipeg geologist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral with the chemical formula Cu₂Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₂ and a leaf-green colour.


christianite

From Christian + -ite, after Christian VIII of Denmark.


ye'elimite

Har Ye'elim in Israel, where it was first found in nature, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A calcium sulphoaluminate mineral.


uchucchacuaite

Named after the discovery locality, Uchuc-Chacua deposit, Catajambo, Peru.
Uchuc-Chacua + -ite

(mineralogy) A mineral with the chemical formula (AgMnPb₃Sb₅S₁₂), often found in hydrothermal deposits.


brownmillerite

Lorrin Thomas Brownmiller (1902-1988), American chemist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral with the chemical formula Ca₂(Al,Fe⁺⁺⁺)₂O₅, found in metamorphosed limestone.


zektzerite

From the name of Jack Zektzer, who recognised that the mineral (originally misidentified as morganite) was unknown, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral of agpaitic granites.


pseudophillipsite

(mineralogy, dated) A variety of phillipsite containing less silica.


juonniite

(mineralogy) A form of segelerite in which the iron is replaced by scandium.


overite

(mineralogy) A form of segelerite in which the iron is replaced by aluminium.


purpurite

(mineralogy) A manganese phosphate mineral with a striking purple colour.


childrenite

From Children + -ite after John George Children (1777-1852), its discoverer.

(mineralogy) A rare hydrated phosphate mineral with the chemical formula (Fe,Mn)AlPO₄(OH)₂•H₂O, brown or yellow in colour with a vitreous lustre.


phillipsite

(mineralogy) A mineral of the zeolite group, a hydrated potassium, calcium and aluminium silicate with monoclinic crystals.


moschellandsbergite

From Moschellandsberg + -ite, after the town in Germany.

(mineralogy) A rare isometric mineral made up of a silver-white amalgam of mercury and silver, having the chemical formula Ag₂Hg₃.


kaatialaite

(mineralogy) A mineral with the chemical formula (Fe(H₂AsO₄)₃·5H₂O).


zeagonite

(mineralogy) Obsolete name for a supposed mineral, later reclassified as a mixture of phillipsite with gismondine or levynite.


hodgkinsonite

From Hodgkinson + -ite, after H. H. Hodgkinson, its discoverer.

(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.


annabergite

Annaberg-Buchholz in Germany, where it can be found, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral consisting of a hydrous nickel arsenate, chemical formula Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, with an apple-green colour.


levyne

en-noun

levyne (countable and uncountable, plural levynes)

Armand Levy (1794-1841), French mineralogist.

(mineralogy) A hydrated silicate mineral found in sodium- and calcium-dominated forms.


sasbachite

(mineralogy) Obsolete name for a supposed mineral, now believed to be phillipsite.


spangite

(mineralogy, obsolete) a supposed mineral, now believed to be phillipsite.


boulangerite

boulangerite (usually uncountable, plural boulangerites)

Charles Boulanger, French mining engineer, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A lead antimony sulfide mineral that forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals.


buddingtonite

Arthur Francis Buddington (1890-1980), petrologist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An ammonium feldspar with a vitreous lustre.


xifengite

(mineralogy) A grey metallic hexagonal mineral.


bixbite

(mineralogy, dated) The mineral red beryl.


dumortierite

dumortierite (countable and uncountable, plural dumortierites)

Eugene Dumortier (1803-1873), French palaeontologist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A fibrous aluminium boro-silicate mineral that occurs in various colours.


carobbiite

Guido Carobbi (1900–1983), Italian geologist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) Potassium fluoride, a rare, soft, colourless cubic mineral.


nsutite

From Nsuta + -ite, from the place in Ghana where it was discovered.

(mineralogy) A dull manganese oxide mineral.


herbertsmithite

Herbert Smith (1872-1953), mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral with the chemical formula ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂, light green or blue-green with a vitreous lustre.


bixbyite

Maynard Bixby, American mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare manganese iron oxide mineral with a black metallic appearance.


xanthiosite

(mineralogy) A phosphate mineral first discovered in Germany in 1858.


godovikovite

(mineralogy) A rare mineral with the chemical formula (NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂ (or with aluminium partially replaced by iron).


aubertite

(mineralogy) A blue mineral with the chemical formula CuAl(SO₄)₂Cl·14(H₂O).


jarosewichite

Eugene Jarosewich, Smithsonian chemist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A manganese arsenate hydroxide mineral.


leadhillite

Leadhills, Scotland, where it was discovered, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A soft lead sulfate carbonate hydroxide mineral.


hutchinsonite

Arthur Hutchinson (1866-1937), Cambridge mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare sulfosalt mineral of thallium, arsenic and lead.


magadiite

magadiite (countable and uncountable, plural magadiites)

Lake Magadi, Kenya, where an occurrence was first described, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A soft white hydrous sodium silicate mineral.


bazzite

Alessandro E Bazzi, who discovered an occurrence in Italy, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A beryllium scandium cyclosilicate mineral taking the form of small blue hexagonal crystals.


wellsite

(mineralogy, obsolete) A supposed mineral, later reclassified as a mixture of phillipsite with harmotome.


vauquelinite

Louis Vauquelin (1763-1829), French chemist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A complex mineral, a combined chromate and phosphate of copper and lead.


schröckingerite

(mineralogy) A radioactive yellow mineral that fluoresces under ultraviolet light.


melanochroite

From melano- + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs) + -ite.

af

(mineralogy) An alternate name for phoenicochroite.


dawsonite

en-noun

dawsonite (countable and uncountable, plural dawsonites)

Sir John William Dawson, geologist; Dawson + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.


heazlewoodite

From Heazlewood + -ite, from an Australian placename.

(mineralogy) A rare nickel sulfide mineral found in serpentinized dunite.


titanowodginite

(mineralogy) A titanium-bearing mineral of the wodginite group.


baddeleyite

After Joseph Baddeley, who described the original Sri Lankan find, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms.


mackinawite

Mackinaw mine, Washington, where an occurrence was first described + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal iron nickel sulfide mineral that occurs as opaque bronze to grey-white tabular crystals and anhedral masses.


breithauptite

Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791-1873), German mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A nickel antimonide mineral with the chemical formula NiSb, having a metallic opaque copper-red appearance.


holmquistite

Per Johan Holmquist, Swedish petrologist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A lithium magnesium aluminium inosilicate mineral, varying in colour from black or violet to sky blue.


cossyrite

(mineralogy) Alternate name for aenigmatite.


abhurite

Sharm Abhur, a cove in the Red Sea, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A soft mineral composed of tin, oxygen, hydrogen, and chlorine.


pharmacosiderite

From Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármakon, “poison (i.e. arsenic)”) + σῐ́δηρος (sídēros, “iron”) + -ite.

der

(mineralogy) A hydrated basic ferric arsenate, consisting of the elements arsenic, iron, hydrogen, potassium, sodium and oxygen.


phoenicochroite

From Ancient Greek φοινίκεος (phoiníkeos, “crimson”) + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “color”) + -ite.

af

(mineralogy) A form of lead chromate with striking orange-red crystals.


normalin

(mineralogy, obsolete) A supposed mineral, now believed to be phillipsite.


abswurmbachite

Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach, German mineralogist, + -ite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal copper manganese silicate mineral with a metallic lustre.


cryptocrystalline

(petrology) Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.

criptocristalino

whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification


cryptocrystalline

en-noun

cryptocrystalline (countable and uncountable, plural cryptocrystallines)


acuminite

(mineralogy) A mineral composed of strontium, aluminium, fluorine, oxygen, and hydrogen.


aenigmatite

aenigmatite (countable and uncountable, plural aenigmatites)

(mineralogy) An inosilicate mineral of sodium, iron, and titanium, forming brown to black triclinic lamellar crystals.


admontite

(mineralogy) A soft mineral composed of magnesium, boron, oxygen, and hydrogen.


harmotome

harmotome (countable and uncountable, plural harmotomes)

From Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and τομή (tomḗ, “section”).

uder

(mineralogy) A rare zeolite, a hydrated barium silicate that forms vitreous white monoclinic crystals.


adelite

From Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos, “indistinct”) + -ite.

affix

(mineralogy) A rare mineral, a calcium-magnesium arsenate, forming blue, green, yellow or grey orthorhombic crystals.


xingzhongite

(mineralogy) An opaque metallic mineral composed of copper, iridium, iron, lead, platinum, rhodium, and sulphur.


xiangjiangite

(mineralogy) A yellow mineral composed of aluminium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, sulphur, and uranium.


holdawayite

Michael Jon Holdaway (1936-), American petrologist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A manganese hydroxyl-carbonate mineral.


widgiemoolthalite

Named for Australian community Widgiemooltha, + -lite.

(mineralogy) A nickel analogue of hydromagnesite discovered in Western Australia.


goldquarryite

(mineralogy) A mineral, the first known cadmium-bearing phosphate.


fukuchilite

Nobuyo Fukuchi, Japanese mineralogist, + -lite.

(mineralogy) A copper iron sulphide, believed by some to be a form of villamaninite.


aerugite

(mineralogy) A rare complex nickel arsenate mineral that forms green to deep blue-green trigonal crystals.


zálesíite

Named after the type locality: Zálesí, a village in the Czech Republic, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral of the mixite group.


jerrygibbsite

Jerry V. Gibbs, Virginia professor of geology, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare violet-pink mineral, believed to be a member of the leucophoenicite family.


searlesite

From Searles + -ite, after John W. Searles, Californian pioneer.

(mineralogy) A sodium borosilicate mineral, an important ore of borax.


hydrothermalism

(geology) the presence of hydrothermal activity


abernathyite

Jess Abernathy, Utah mine operator, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare hydrous uranium oxide mineral that forms yellow vitreous tabular crystals with perfect cleavage.


uklonskovite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral with a vitreous lustre that has the chemical formula NaMg(SO₄)F.


clinochrysotile

(mineralogy) A soft, fibrous silicate mineral in the serpentine group of phyllosilicates, also called "white asbestos".


chapmanite

Edward John Chapman, geology professor at the University of Toronto, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare nesosilicate mineral, an iron antimony silicate closely related to bismutoferrite.


kurnakovite

Nikolai S. Kurnakov (1860-1941), Russian mineralogist, and -ite.


nesquehonite

(mineralogy) Magnesium carbonate trihydrate.


yuksporite

(mineralogy) A rare pink inosilicate mineral with orthorhombic crystals.


moolooite

Mooloo Downs, Australia, where it was discovered, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare blue-green mineral, a hydrated copper oxalate with an orthorhombic crystalline structure.


sborgite

Umberto Sborgi (1883-1955), Italian chemist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A colourless sodium borate mineral with monoclinic crystals.


kutnohorite

en-noun

kutnohorite (countable and uncountable, plural kutnohorites)

(mineralogy) A rare calcium manganese magnesium iron carbonate mineral with trigonal crystals, having a white, pink or brown colour.


sylvanite

sylvanite (countable and uncountable, plural sylvanites)

From sylvan + -ite, since it can be found in Transylvania.

(mineralogy) Silver gold telluride, a soft metallic mineral ranging in color from steely gray to almost white.


niningerite

niningerite (usually uncountable, plural niningerites)

Named for Harvey H. Nininger, meteoriticist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A magnesium-iron-manganese sulfide mineral.


nenadkevichite

nenadkevichite (usually uncountable, plural nenadkevichites)

Konstantin A Nenadkevich, Russian mineralogist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare silicate mineral containing niobium.


kratochvilite

Harvey H Nininger, meteoriticist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare organic mineral, an orthorhombic hydrocarbon formed by combustion of coal or pyritic black shale deposits.


empressite

Empress Josephine Mine, Colorado, where it was discovered, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare hexagonal mineral form of silver telluride.


meteoriticist

The following is a not-too-imaginary conversation between a meteoriticist and an important on-the-spot witness to a fireball that went soaring over his alfalfa patch.

1967, Robert Shirley Richardson, Getting Acquainted with Comets, McGraw-Hill, page 133:

In spite of this reservation, most meteoriticists now accept extinct aluminum-26 as the most likely source of heat for the meteorite parent bodies: it was abundant when the solar system formed, and it decayed fast enough to account for the intense but brief thermal histories of most meteorites.

1986, Robert T. Dodd, Thunderstones and Shooting Stars: The Meaning of Meteorites, Harvard University Press, page 90:

Most of the meteoriticists who "discover" new meteorites depend on someone from the general public to bring in a strange rock they have encountered.

1997, The Planetary Report, volumes 17-18, The Planetary Society, page 20:

(astronomy, mineralogy, geochemistry, cosmochemistry) A scientist involved in meteoritics.


disphenoid

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

From di- (“twice, double”) + sphenoid (“wedge-shaped crystal or bone of the skull”).

prefix

(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.

(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a crystal form bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs, constituting a tetragonal scalenohedron.


idrialine

en-noun

idrialine (countable and uncountable, plural idrialines)


zabuyelite

Zabuye Salt Lake, Tibet, where it was discovered, and -ite.

(mineralogy) The natural mineral form of lithium carbonate, forming colourless vitreous monoclinic crystals.


xanthoxenite

(mineralogy) A dull brown or yellow triclinic mineral.


hydromica

(mineralogy) An alternate name for illite.


zaccagnaite

zaccagnaite (countable and uncountable, plural zaccagnaites)

Domenico Zaccagna (1851-1940), Italian mineralogist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A basic zinc and aluminium carbonate


inyoite

Inyo County, California, where it was discovered, and + -ite

(mineralogy) A colourless monoclinic mineral with the chemical formula Ca(H₄B₃O₇)(OH)·4H₂O.


zincobotryogen

(mineralogy) A soft hydrous sulfate mineral that forms bright orange-red monoclinic prismatic crystals with a vitreous to greasy lustre.


idrialite

idrialite (countable and uncountable, plural idrialites)

(mineralogy) A soft, orthorhombic hydrocarbon mineral, usually greenish-yellow to light brown in colour with bluish fluorescence.


zakharovite

E E Zakharov (1902-1980), geologist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A silicate mineral of sodium and manganese, yellow in colour with a pearly lustre.


illite

illite (countable and uncountable, plural illites)

(mineralogy) A micaceous phyllosilicate clay mineral with aggregates of grey or white monoclinic crystals.


zharchikhite

Zharchinskoya Deposit, Russia, where it was discovered, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hydroxy fluoride mineral of aluminium that forms colourless, transparent crystals.


ulvöspinel

Named after the Ulvö Islands, where it was first described, and spinel.

(mineralogy) An iron titanium oxide mineral of the spinel group.


火山岩

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

/fɔː³⁵ saːn⁵⁵ ŋaːm²¹/

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

/fɔː³⁵ saːn⁵⁵ ŋaːm²¹/


火山岩

[ka̠zã̠ŋɡã̠ɴ]


火山灰

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/fɔː³⁵ saːn⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/fɔː³⁵ saːn⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/


telogenetic

From telo- + genetic, thus "caused at the end".
* Coined in the geological sense by Choquette & Lloyd (1970), "Geologic Nomenclature and Classification of Porosity in Sedimentary Carbonates", AAPG Bulletin 54.

telogenetic porosity

(geology) Related to or arising during telogenesis, the process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks are subject to uplift.


telogenesis

Telogenesis may result from regression, unroofing and the introduction of surface waters or complete exposure and weathering.

1983, J. Kantorowicz, “The nature, origin and distribution of authigenic clay minerals from Middle Jurassic Ravescar and Brent Group sandstones”, in Clay Minerals (1984), number 19, archived from the original on 2016-03-05, page 373:

(geology) The process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks undergo uplift


jacobsite

(mineralogy) A manganese iron oxide mineral, a magnetite spinel.


coltan

Coltan is used for the production of tantalum capacitors.

[…] as of 2003 over one billion cell phones were in use worldwide, so by the time the high-tech bubble approached its bursting point in 2000 and 2001, coltan had become an extremely hot commodity.

2007, Elizabeth Grossman, High Tech Trash, Island Press, →ISBN, page 46:

Consider your mobile phone. Before it was assembled in a Chinese factory, the coltan in its capacitors may have been dug by miners in the Eastern Congo, where millions have died in a series of wars over ‘conflict minerals’, though we give this no more thought than previous generations of Westerners gave to the Congolese origins of the ivory in their piano keys, the rubber in their tyres, the copper in their bullet casings or the uranium in their bombs.

2014, Adam Schatz, ‘Ça va un peu’, London Review of Books, volume 36, number 20:

(mineralogy) A metallic ore, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)₂O₆, from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.


minerał

minerał (nominative singular)
minerały (nominative plural)
minerału (genitive singular)
minerałów (genitive plural)
minerałowi (dative singular)
minerałom (dative plural)
minerał (accusative singular)
minerały (accusative plural)
minerałem (instrumental singular)
minerałami (instrumental plural)
minerale (locative singular)
minerałach (locative plural)
minerale (singular vocative)
minerały (plural vocative)

(geology) mineral (any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties)


gemmology

from Latin gemma (“gem”) + -logy (“science”).

(mineralogy) the branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones


berborite

(mineralogy) A colorless trigonal or hexagonal mineral, with chemical formula Be₂(BO₃)(OH,F)·(H₂O).


berthierite

Named for Pierre Berthier, a French chemist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A steel-gray opaque mineral, with chemical formula FeSb₂S₄.


berryite

Named for Leonard Gascoigne Berry, an American mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A blue-gray opaque mineral, with chemical formula Pb₃(Ag,Cu)₅Bi₇S₁₆.


bentorite

(mineralogy) A hard transparent violet mineral with vitreous lustre.


berndtite

(mineralogy) A rare tin sulfide mineral.


betafite

betafite (countable and uncountable, plural betafites)

From Betafo + -ite, after Betafo in the Malagasy Republic, where it was discovered.

(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral in the pyrochlore group, having chemical formula (Ca,U)₂(Ti,Nb,Ta)₂O₆(OH).


benitoite

San Benito County, California, where it can be found, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare hard blue silicate mineral found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite.


lazuriet

From Medieval Latin lazur (“lapis lazuli”), from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Persian لاژورد (lâžvard).


serpentina

(mineralogy) serpentine (layered mineral consisting of magnesium and iron silicates)


zirconolite

(mineralogy) The mineral calcium zirconium titanate.


zhanghengite

Zhang Heng, ancient Chinese astronomer, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A golden-yellow mineral containing predominantly copper and zinc but also iron, chromium, and aluminium.


zinalsite

From the opening letters of the words zinc aluminium silicate, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A supposed zinc aluminium silicate mineral, not officially recognised.


zirkelite

zirkelite (usually uncountable, plural zirkelites)

Ferdinand Zirkel (1838-1912), German petrographer, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An isometric oxide mineral with the chemical formula (Ca,Th,Ce)Zr(Ti,Nb)₂O₇.


zincochromite

(mineralogy) A mineral, the zinc analogue of chromite.


zircophyllite

(mineralogy) A complex mineral with the chemical formula (K,Na)₃(Mn,Fe)₇(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂Si₈O₂₄(OH,F)₇.


yttrialite

(mineralogy) A rare, highly radioactive yttrium thorium sorosilicate mineral with conchoidal fracture.


yttrialite

L’yttria employée provient de la gadolinite ou l’yttrialite.

1905, “Revue de métallurgie”, in Volume 2, page 593:

The yttria used comes from gadolinite or yttrialite.


zaherite

From the name of Mohamed Abduz Zaher, the Bangladeshi geologist who discovered it, and + -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral, a complex sulphate of aluminium, coloured white to blue-green.


Παγγαία

head

Παγγαία • (Pangaía) f

Pangaía (romanization)
Παγγαία (nominative singular)
Παγγαίας (genitive singular)
Παγγαία (accusative singular)
Παγγαία (singular vocative)


CAI

en-noun

CAI (countable and uncountable, plural CAIs)

(inorganic chemistry, mineralogy) Initialism of calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion, a type of mineral.


freatico

it-adj

freatico (feminine freatica, masculine plural freatici, feminine plural freatiche)

freatica (feminine)
freatici (masculine plural)
freatiche (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek φρέαρ, φρέᾱτος (phréar, phréātos, “well, spring”).

der

φρέαρ, φρέᾱτος


drusy

A mineral having a drusy cavity is sometimes called a geode.

1856, David Thomas Ansted, Elementary Course of Geology, Mineralogy, and Physical Geography:

...before deposition of the upper layer of sediment, and before the infilling of the cavity with a drusy mosaic.

1963, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society:


druse

Borrowed via French from German Druse (“crystallized piece of ore”); compare dross.

Occurs as a fine coating over the minerals in druses or cavities in the granite.

1889, Dana et al, A System of Mineralogy:

Nontronite, a variety of chloropal occurs as a light yellow powder in druses of the North Conway granite (99, p. 312).

1969, T. R. Meyers, The Geology of New Hampshire: Minerals and mines, page 18:

A lot of druses are found in the vein, and euhedral crystals of quartz, marcasite and sphalerite are observed as druse minerals.

1984, Science Reports of the Tohoku University:

(mineralogy) A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.

друза

a rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals


druse

→ Catalan: drusa

→ Spanish: drusa


jurbanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral with chemical formula AlSO₄(OH)·₅H₂O.


jaffeite

After Howard W Jaffe, Amherst geologist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A hydrated calcium silicate mineral with chemical formula Ca₆Si₂O₇(OH)₆.


jordanite

From Jordan + -ite, after Dr H. Jordan (1808-1887), its discoverer.

(mineralogy) A grey monoclinic sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb₁₄(As,Sb)₆S₂₃.


iodargyrite

(mineralogy) A natural mineral form of silver iodide.


quenstedtite

Named after F. A. von Quenstedt, German mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare iron sulfate mineral that forms violet or white triclinic crystals.


fumarola

→ English: fumarole

→ Finnish: fumaroli

→ French: fumerolle

→ Polish: fumarola

→ Portuguese: fumarola

→ Russian: фумаро́ла (fumaróla)

→ Spanish: fumarola

→ Swedish: fumarol

From Neapolitan fumarola, from Late Latin fūmāriolum, diminutive of fūmārium (“chimney”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”), 16th c.

Le fumarole sono bocche dalle quali i gas vulcanici ad alta temperatura fuoriescono nell’atmosfera.

2001, Michele Lauro, Il libro dei perché, Giunti Junior, page 61:

Fumaroles are vents from which high-temperature volcanic gases leak out into the atmosphere.

(volcanology) fumarole (opening in the ground that emits gases)

Le fumarole bianche sono ricche in solfuro di zinco, […]

2007, Thomas M. Smith, Robert Leo Smith, Elementi di ecologia, 6th edition, Pearson, page 525:

White smokers are rich in zinc sulfur, […]

(geological oceanography) smoker (hydrothermal vent on the seabed)


submetallic

(mineralogy) Having a lustre like that of metal, but duller and less reflective


akaganeite

en-noun

akaganeite (countable and uncountable, plural akaganeites)

Akagane mine, Japan, where it was discovered, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic iron(III) oxide-hydroxide/chloride mineral formed by the weathering of pyrrhotite.


hübnerite

Adolf Hübner, German mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A manganese tungstate mineral that forms reddish-brown to black monoclinic prismatic submetallic crystals.


wüstite

wüstite (countable and uncountable, plural wüstites)

From Wüst + -ite after Fritz Wüst (1860-1938), a German metallurgist.

(mineralogy) A grey mineral form of iron(II) oxide with a greenish tint.


jamesonite

Robert Jameson (1774-1854), Scottish mineralogist + -ite.

(mineralogy) A dark grey monoclinic sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄.


Ludlovian

The Ludlovian strata of Gotland are subdivided into six stratigraphical units.

(geology) Belonging to the Ludlow group.


hislopite

From Hislop + -ite after Stephen Hislop (1816-1873), a Scottish missionary in India.

(mineralogy) A bright green variety of calcite.


hisingerite

hisingerite (countable and uncountable, plural hisingerites)

From Hisinger + -ite after Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish chemist.

(mineralogy) An iron silicate with a dark-brown or black color, formula Fe³⁺₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O.


nagyagite

Named after Nagyág, a mineral mine in Săcărâmb, Romania.

(mineralogy) A dark grey to black sulfide, formula (Pb₅Au(Te,Sb)₄S₅₋₈).


geodi

geodi (nominative singular)
geodit (nominative plural)
geodi (accusative nominative singular)
geodit (accusative nominative plural)
geodin (accusative genitive singular)
geodit (accusative genitive plural)
geodin (genitive singular)
geodien (genitive plural)
geodia (partitive singular)
geodeja (partitive plural)
geodissa (inessive singular)
geodeissa (inessive plural)
geodista (elative singular)
geodeista (elative plural)
geodiin (illative singular)
geodeihin (illative plural)
geodilla (adessive singular)
geodeilla (adessive plural)
geodilta (ablative singular)
geodeilta (ablative plural)
geodille (allative singular)
geodeille (allative plural)
geodina (essive singular)
geodeina (essive plural)
geodiksi (singular translative)
geodeiksi (plural translative)
geoditta (abessive singular)
geodeitta (abessive plural)
geodein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
geodini (nominative singular)
geodini (nominative plural)
geodini (accusative nominative singular)
geodini (accusative nominative plural)
geodini (accusative genitive singular)
geodini (accusative genitive plural)
geodini (genitive singular)
geodieni (genitive plural)
geodiani (partitive singular)
geodejani (partitive plural)
geodissani (inessive singular)
geodeissani (inessive plural)
geodistani (elative singular)
geodeistani (elative plural)
geodiini (illative singular)
geodeihini (illative plural)
geodillani (adessive singular)
geodeillani (adessive plural)
geodiltani (ablative singular)
geodeiltani (ablative plural)
geodilleni (allative singular)
geodeilleni (allative plural)
geodinani (essive singular)
geodeinani (essive plural)
geodikseni (singular translative)
geodeikseni (plural translative)
geodittani (abessive singular)
geodeittani (abessive plural)
geodeineni (comitative plural)
geodisi (nominative singular)
geodisi (nominative plural)
geodisi (accusative nominative singular)
geodisi (accusative nominative plural)
geodisi (accusative genitive singular)
geodisi (accusative genitive plural)
geodisi (genitive singular)
geodiesi (genitive plural)
geodiasi (partitive singular)
geodejasi (partitive plural)
geodissasi (inessive singular)
geodeissasi (inessive plural)
geodistasi (elative singular)
geodeistasi (elative plural)
geodiisi (illative singular)
geodeihisi (illative plural)
geodillasi (adessive singular)
geodeillasi (adessive plural)
geodiltasi (ablative singular)
geodeiltasi (ablative plural)
geodillesi (allative singular)
geodeillesi (allative plural)
geodinasi (essive singular)
geodeinasi (essive plural)
geodiksesi (singular translative)
geodeiksesi (plural translative)
geodittasi (abessive singular)
geodeittasi (abessive plural)
geodeinesi (comitative plural)
geodimme (nominative singular)
geodimme (nominative plural)
geodimme (accusative nominative singular)
geodimme (accusative nominative plural)
geodimme (accusative genitive singular)
geodimme (accusative genitive plural)
geodimme (genitive singular)
geodiemme (genitive plural)
geodiamme (partitive singular)
geodejamme (partitive plural)
geodissamme (inessive singular)
geodeissamme (inessive plural)
geodistamme (elative singular)
geodeistamme (elative plural)
geodiimme (illative singular)
geodeihimme (illative plural)
geodillamme (adessive singular)
geodeillamme (adessive plural)
geodiltamme (ablative singular)
geodeiltamme (ablative plural)
geodillemme (allative singular)
geodeillemme (allative plural)
geodinamme (essive singular)
geodeinamme (essive plural)
geodiksemme (singular translative)
geodeiksemme (plural translative)
geodittamme (abessive singular)
geodeittamme (abessive plural)
geodeinemme (comitative plural)
geodinne (nominative singular)
geodinne (nominative plural)
geodinne (accusative nominative singular)
geodinne (accusative nominative plural)
geodinne (accusative genitive singular)
geodinne (accusative genitive plural)
geodinne (genitive singular)
geodienne (genitive plural)
geodianne (partitive singular)
geodejanne (partitive plural)
geodissanne (inessive singular)
geodeissanne (inessive plural)
geodistanne (elative singular)
geodeistanne (elative plural)
geodiinne (illative singular)
geodeihinne (illative plural)
geodillanne (adessive singular)
geodeillanne (adessive plural)
geodiltanne (ablative singular)
geodeiltanne (ablative plural)
geodillenne (allative singular)
geodeillenne (allative plural)
geodinanne (essive singular)
geodeinanne (essive plural)
geodiksenne (singular translative)
geodeiksenne (plural translative)
geodittanne (abessive singular)
geodeittanne (abessive plural)
geodeinenne (comitative plural)
geodinsa (nominative singular)
geodinsa (nominative plural)
geodinsa (accusative nominative singular)
geodinsa (accusative nominative plural)
geodinsa (accusative genitive singular)
geodinsa (accusative genitive plural)
geodinsa (genitive singular)
geodiensa (genitive plural)
geodiaan (partitive singular)
geodiansa (partitive singular)
geodejaan (partitive plural)
geodejansa (partitive plural)
geodissaan (inessive singular)
geodissansa (inessive singular)
geodeissaan (inessive plural)
geodeissansa (inessive plural)
geodistaan (elative singular)
geodistansa (elative singular)
geodeistaan (elative plural)
geodeistansa (elative plural)
geodiinsa (illative singular)
geodeihinsa (illative plural)
geodillaan (adessive singular)
geodillansa (adessive singular)
geodeillaan (adessive plural)
geodeillansa (adessive plural)
geodiltaan (ablative singular)
geodiltansa (ablative singular)
geodeiltaan (ablative plural)
geodeiltansa (ablative plural)
geodilleen (allative singular)
geodillensa (allative singular)
geodeilleen (allative plural)
geodeillensa (allative plural)
geodinaan (essive singular)
geodinansa (essive singular)
geodeinaan (essive plural)
geodeinansa (essive plural)
geodikseen (singular translative)
geodiksensa (singular translative)
geodeikseen (plural translative)
geodeiksensa (plural translative)
geodittaan (abessive singular)
geodittansa (abessive singular)
geodeittaan (abessive plural)
geodeittansa (abessive plural)
geodeineen (comitative plural)
geodeinensa (comitative plural)

Internationalism (see French géode), ultimately from Latin geōdēs.


nosean

nosean (countable and uncountable, plural noseans)


noselite

From the name of K. W. Nose (1753-1835), German mineralogist, and + -lite.

(mineralogy) A rare fluorescent isometric feldspathoid mineral.


barringtonite

(mineralogy) Magnesium carbonate dihydrate.


kyzylkumite

(mineralogy) An opaque black monoclinic mineral.


spherocobaltite

(mineralogy) Cobalt(II) carbonate, a red trigonal mineral used in pottery glazes.


meyerhofferite

Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (1864-1906), German chemist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hydrated borate mineral with the chemical formula Ca₂B₆O₆(OH)₁₀ · ₂(H₂O).


andyrobertsite

Andrew C Roberts (1950-), Canadian mineralogist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral with vitreous lustre, having the chemical formula KCdCu₅[H₂AsO₄|(AsO₄)₄]·2H₂O.


subhedral

en-adj

subhedral (comparative more subhedral, superlative most subhedral)

more subhedral (comparative)
most subhedral (superlative)

(mineralogy) Having some crystal faces and some grainy surfaces; neither entirely euhedral nor entirely anhedral.


djurleite

en-noun

djurleite (usually uncountable, plural djurleites)

From Djurle + -ite, after Seved Djurle (1928-2000), Swedish chemist.

(mineralogy) A copper sulfide mineral with the chemical formula Cu₃₁S₁₆.


euhedral

en-adj

euhedral (comparative more euhedral, superlative most euhedral)

more euhedral (comparative)
most euhedral (superlative)

(mineralogy) Having sharp, recognisable crystal faces.


gormanite

Donald Gorman, Canadian geologist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic hydrated phosphate mineral.


conchoidal

conchoidal (comparative more conchoidal, superlative most conchoidal)

more conchoidal (comparative)
most conchoidal (superlative)

1821, Coal, entry in Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Chemistry on the Basis of Mr Nicholson's, unnumbered page,
It is distinguished by its splendent lustre and conchoidal fracture.

Some flakes detached in a controlled manner have characteristics of conchoidal fracture.

2005, “Chapter 19: Lithic Studies”, in Herbert D. G. Maschner, Christopher Chippindale, editors, Handbook of Archaeological Methods, volume 1, page 719:

On one side of the radial edge, the conchoidal fractures form right angles, that is, form a perpendicular with the edge.

2011, Robert C Shaler, Crime Scene Forensics: A Scientific Method Approach, page 479:

If grains derived from these rocks are unweathered after separation from the parent rock (a very rare occurrence), they may contain either conchoidal breakage patterns if grains are large, or upturned plates and flat upper and lower surfaces if small grains are considered.

2011, David H. Krinsley, John C. Doornkamp, Atlas of Quartz Sand Surface Textures, page 10:

(mineralogy, of a fracture) Irregular, with planar, concentric curves, similar to those on a mussel shell.

1821, Focus of Philosophy, Science and Art, Volume 1, Issues 1-4, page 74,
The customary transitions of pitchstone are, into Chalcedony, Chert, Semi-opal; also into a substance resembling conchoidal shining jasper, found in clay strata, entangled in trap, or volcanic rock; and lastly, into Trap.

(mineralogy, of a mineral) That fractures with planar concentric curves (e.g., as flint, chert or obsidian).


gatteggiare

it-verb

gatteggiàre (first-person singular present gattéggio, first-person singular past historic gatteggiài, past participle gatteggiàto, auxiliary avére)

gatteggiàre (canonical)
gattéggio (first-person present singular)
gatteggiài (first-person historic past singular)
gatteggiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
gatteggiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
gatteggiàndo (gerund)
gatteggiànte (participle present)
gatteggiàto (participle past)
gattéggio (first-person indicative present singular)
gattéggi (indicative present second-person singular)
gattéggia (indicative present singular third-person)
gatteggiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
gatteggiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
gattéggiano (indicative plural present third-person)
gatteggiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
gatteggiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
gatteggiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
gatteggiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
gatteggiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
gatteggiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
gatteggiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
gatteggiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
gatteggiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
gatteggiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
gatteggiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
gatteggiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
gatteggerò (first-person future indicative singular)
gatteggerài (future indicative second-person singular)
gatteggerà (future indicative singular third-person)
gatteggerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
gatteggeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
gatteggerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
gatteggerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
gatteggerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
gatteggerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
gatteggerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
gatteggerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
gatteggeréste (conditional plural present second-person)
gatteggerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
gatteggerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
gattéggi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
gattéggi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
gattéggi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
gatteggiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
gatteggiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
gattéggino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
gatteggiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
gatteggiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
gatteggiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
gatteggiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
gatteggiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
gatteggiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
gattéggia (imperative second-person singular)
gattéggi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
gatteggiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
gatteggiàte (imperative plural second-person)
gattéggino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
gatteggiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
gattéggi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
gatteggiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
gatteggiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
gattéggino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, mineralogy) to glitter or glint like cat eyes (of minerals)


afghanite

From Afghan + -ite, since it was discovered in Afghanistan.

(mineralogy) A hydrous hexagonal feldspathoid mineral of the cancrinite group.


dripstone

(geology) Stalactites and stalagmites collectively.

сталактон

stalactites and stalagmites collectively


poikilotopic

en-adj

poikilotopic (comparative more poikilotopic, superlative most poikilotopic)

more poikilotopic (comparative)
most poikilotopic (superlative)

(geology) Describing a crystalline sedimentary rock having multisized crystals the larger of which enclose small ones, often of a different mineral


turbiditic

As a consequence, the turbiditic currents of marly mud are not able to cause erosion similar to those of siliciclastic mud.

2007, William Miller, Trace Fossils, →ISBN, page 257:

(geology, oceanography) Of, pertaining to, or arising from turbidite, a sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current


sole mark

(geology) A feature, on the undersurface of a sedimentary stratum, that is a cast of a corresponding feature on the upper surface of the lower stratum


paleodepth

These models indicate that paleodepths were on the order of 30 m or so at the time of the boundary event.

1996, Richard K. Olsson et al., “The Cretaceous-Tertiary Catastrophic Event at Millers Ferry, Alabama”, in Graham Ryder et al., editors, The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History, →ISBN, page 273:

(geology) Depth of an ocean deposit at a particular time in the geologic past


achát

achátok (plural)
achát (nominative singular)
achátok (nominative plural)
achátot (accusative singular)
achátokat (accusative plural)
achátnak (dative singular)
achátoknak (dative plural)
acháttal (instrumental singular)
achátokkal (instrumental plural)
achátért (causal-final singular)
achátokért (causal-final plural)
acháttá (singular translative)
achátokká (plural translative)
achátig (singular terminative)
achátokig (plural terminative)
achátként (essive-formal singular)
achátokként (essive-formal plural)
achátban (inessive singular)
achátokban (inessive plural)
acháton (singular superessive)
achátokon (plural superessive)
achátnál (adessive singular)
achátoknál (adessive plural)
achátba (illative singular)
achátokba (illative plural)
achátra (singular sublative)
achátokra (plural sublative)
acháthoz (allative singular)
achátokhoz (allative plural)
achátból (elative singular)
achátokból (elative plural)
achátról (delative singular)
achátokról (delative plural)
acháttól (ablative singular)
achátoktól (ablative plural)
acháté (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
achátoké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
achátéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
achátokéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
achátom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
achátjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
achátod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
achátjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
achátja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
achátjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
achátunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
achátjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
achátotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
achátjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
achátjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
achátjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


subchron

(geology) The time interval of a geomagnetic reversal event in the stratigraphic record.


hectorite

(mineralogy) A basic silicate of magnesium and lithium; it is a clay mineral of the montmorillonite group.


terrane

The mountain belt came together as an accretion of terranes.

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 195:

(geology) A block of the Earth's crust that differs from the surrounding material, and is separated from it by faults.


aragonitic

aragonitic (comparative more aragonitic, superlative most aragonitic)

more aragonitic (comparative)
most aragonitic (superlative)

(geology) Of, pertaining to, or formed from aragonite

aragonitowy

of, pertaining to, or formed from aragonite


chronozone

/ˈkɹɒnəzəʊn/

(geology) A group of strata formed during the same chron of geologic time


transition zone

en-noun

transition zone (plural transition zones)

Any of several physical zones in which the properties, or the behaviour of something undergoes a radical change

(geology) The region between the upper and lower mantle characterized by a rapid increase in density


chkalovite

chkalovite (countable and uncountable, plural chkalovites)

(mineralogy) A rare mineral, sodium beryllium silicate.


chladniite

chladniite (countable and uncountable, plural chladniites)

From Chladni (“a surname”) + -ite, after German physicist Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756—1827).

(mineralogy) Alternative form of chladnite


oldhamite

(mineralogy) The mineral form of calcium sulphide.


okenite

Lorenz Oken (1779-1851), German naturalist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A silicate mineral associated with zeolites, having the chemical formula (CaSi₂O₅·2H₂O).


lineation

lineation (countable and uncountable, plural lineations)

magnetic lineations

(geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural


paleolatitude

(geology, paleontology) The former latitude of a particular geologic formation at a time in the geologic past, often specifically the time of formation


froodite

froodite (usually uncountable, plural froodites)

(mineralogy) An opaque metallic grey mineral containing bismuth and palladium.


titanomagnetite

(mineralogy) A form of magnetite containing small amounts of titanium


manganiferous

en-adj

manganiferous (comparative more manganiferous, superlative most manganiferous)

more manganiferous (comparative)
most manganiferous (superlative)

a manganiferous ore

(mineralogy, metallurgy) Containing manganese


volcaniclastic

(geology) Being a clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials


volcaniclastic

(geology) A clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials


upgoing

From up- + going. Cf. Old English upgang (“upgoing”).

an upgoing waveform

(physics, seismology, of a wave) Trending positive.


cat's eye

en-noun

cat's eye (countable and uncountable, plural cats' eyes or cat's eyes)

An allusion to the way a cat's eyes will appear to glow when illuminated in the dark. In mineralogy, a calque of French œil de chat.

(mineralogy) Cymophane (translucent yellow chatoyant chrysoberyl).


magnesiferous

en-adj

magnesiferous (comparative more magnesiferous, superlative most magnesiferous)

more magnesiferous (comparative)
most magnesiferous (superlative)

From magnes- + -i- + -ferous, from magnesium.

a magnesiferous rock


szomolnokite

(mineralogy) An iron sulfate mineral with chemical formula FeSO₄·H₂O.


rammelsbergite

Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, German mineralogist, and -ite.


rozenite

(mineralogy) An iron sulphide mineral with chemical formula FeSO₄·4H₂O.


ullmannite

en-noun

ullmannite (countable and uncountable, plural ullmannites)

Johann Christoph Ullmann (1771-1821), German mineralogist, + -ite

(mineralogy) A nickel antimony sulphide mineral.


vrbaite

From Vrba + -ite, after Karl Vrba (1845-1922), Czech mineralogist.

(mineralogy) An opaque, brittle mineral with chemical formula Tl₄Hg₃Sb₂As₈S₂₀.


palladobismutharsenide

(mineralogy) An opaque metallic silvery-white mineral containing palladium, bismuth, and arsenic.


siderotil

(mineralogy) An iron sulphide mineral with chemical formula FeSO₄·5H₂O.


cohesionless

a cohesionless soil

(geology, soil science) Lacking cohesion among particles, such as in the case of sand


brecciation

the brecciation of the strata

(geology) The formation of breccia, such as by external shock.


biomineral

(geology) A mineral produced by the activity of living things


ferrohexahydrite

(mineralogy) An iron sulphide mineral with chemical formula FeSO₄·6H₂O.


magniferous

en-adj

magniferous (comparative more magniferous, superlative most magniferous)

more magniferous (comparative)
most magniferous (superlative)

The mineral proved to be a magniferous limestone.

(geology) Containing magnesium or magnesium compounds; magnesian


haggertyite

(mineralogy) A rare hexagonal mineral, a barium iron magnesium titanate.


akimotoite

en-noun

akimotoite (usually uncountable, plural akimotoites)

(mineralogy) A trigonal mineral of the ilmenite group with a vitreous lustre, the silicon analogue of geikielite.


akdalaite

From the Kazakh name, Akdala, for the type locality, the Betpak-Dala desert.
Akdala + -ite

(mineralogy) A white hexagonal mineral with chemical formula 4Al₂O₃·H₂O found in Kazakhstan.


aksaite

From Aksay + -ite, named in 1963 after the locality in Kazakhstan where it was found, which comes from Kazakh Ақсай (Aqsai), literally "white glen".

(mineralogy) A mineral containing magnesium, boron, oxygen, and hydrogen.


akhtenskite

(mineralogy) A rare grey or black mineral containing manganese and oxygen.


aheylite

From a (first letter of Allen) + heyl + -ite, named after Allen V. Heyl, a geologist for the United States Geological Survey.

(mineralogy) A pale blue or green triclinic mineral.

Allen V. Heyl
United States Geological Survey
aheylite


eucrite

From Ancient Greek ἐυκρινής (eukrinḗs, “well-distinguished”) and the English suffix + -ite.

uder

The recommended criterion is based on the amount of magnesian ortho‐pyroxenite (diogenite) component in the meteorite. Howardites contain more than 10% and polymict eucrites contain less than 10%.

1983, Jeremy S. Delaney et al., “The Nomenclature of Polymict Basaltic Achondrites”, in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, volume 18, number 2, →DOI:

(geology) An achondritic meteoritic rock consisting chiefly of pigeonite and anorthite


mesosiderite

(geology) A stony meteorite containing roughly equal proportions of silicate and nickel-iron metal


kamacite

From Ancient Greek κάμαξ (kámax, “vine-pole”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A meteoritic mineral which consists chiefly of iron and nickel


paleoenvironmental

(geology) Of or pertaining to the environment at a particular time in the geologic past.


paleointensity

Paleointensity cannot be predicted by theory or from numerical simulation, since the mechanisms involved in the geodynamo are not sufficiently constrained.

2007, Joseph S. Stoner, Guillaume St-Onge, “Magnetic Stratigraphy in Paleooceanography”, in Proxies in Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography, →ISBN, page 123:

(geology) The intensity of geomagnetism at a given location at a particular time in the geologic past


paleotemperature

It is thus possible to use the position of the data on the profile to estimate the palaeotemperature of each sample at 40 Ma.

1999, S.N. Thomson et al., “Miocene high-pressure metamorphic rocks of Crete, Greece”, in Uwe Ring, editor, Exhumation Processes, →ISBN, page 95:

(geology) The temperature at a location in the geologic past


paleofield

In particular, paleofields as high as 300 μT have been reported from the Allende meteorite that formed more than 4.5 x10⁹ years ago

2003, Michael E. Evans, Friedrich Heller, Environmental Magnetism, →ISBN, page 250:

(geology) A magnetic field active at a particular time in the geologic past


smeriglio

From Byzantine Greek σμερίλιον (smerílion), diminutive of σμερί (smerí), from Ancient Greek σμύρις (smúris, “emery-powder”).


kolbeckite

Friedrich L W Kolbeck, German mineralogist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A scandium phosphate mineral.


irtyshite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing sodium, tantalum, niobium, and oxygen.


tyuyamunite

From Tyuyamun + -ite after discovery locality in the Tyuya-Muyun, Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan.

(mineralogy) A very rare uranium mineral, Ca(UO₂)₂V₂O₈·(5-8)H₂O.


preterrestrial

A plagioclase glass in some chondrites and irons formed by preterrestrial impact between meteorites in space.

2003, American Geological Institute, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms, →ISBN, page 333:

(geology) Occurring prior to a meteorite's impact with Earth


coffinite

From Coffin + -ite, after Reuben Clare Coffin, American geologist.

(mineralogy) A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral.


stilpnosiderite

(mineralogy) A brownish-black mineral, a form of limonite.


asthenospheric

(geology) Of, pertaining to, or arising from the asthenosphere, the soft area of the upper mantle


dimictic

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”). By surface analysis, di- + -mictic.

(limnology, of a lake) Having two thermal overturns per year.


softwater

a softwater lake

(limnology) Having water with few electrolytes


tuliperäinen

fi-adj

tuliperäinen (comparative tuliperäisempi, superlative tuliperäisin)

tuliperäisempi (comparative)
tuliperäisin (superlative)
tuliperäinen (nominative singular)
tuliperäiset (nominative plural)
tuliperäinen (accusative nominative singular)
tuliperäiset (accusative nominative plural)
tuliperäisen (accusative genitive singular)
tuliperäiset (accusative genitive plural)
tuliperäisen (genitive singular)
tuliperäisten (genitive plural)
tuliperäisien (genitive plural)
tuliperäistä (partitive singular)
tuliperäisiä (partitive plural)
tuliperäisessä (inessive singular)
tuliperäisissä (inessive plural)
tuliperäisestä (elative singular)
tuliperäisistä (elative plural)
tuliperäiseen (illative singular)
tuliperäisiin (illative plural)
tuliperäisellä (adessive singular)
tuliperäisillä (adessive plural)
tuliperäiseltä (ablative singular)
tuliperäisiltä (ablative plural)
tuliperäiselle (allative singular)
tuliperäisille (allative plural)
tuliperäisenä (essive singular)
tuliperäisinä (essive plural)
tuliperäiseksi (singular translative)
tuliperäisiksi (plural translative)
tuliperäisettä (abessive singular)
tuliperäisittä (abessive plural)
tuliperäisin (instructive plural)
tuliperäisine (comitative plural)
tuliperäiseni (nominative singular)
tuliperäiseni (nominative plural)
tuliperäiseni (accusative nominative singular)
tuliperäiseni (accusative nominative plural)
tuliperäiseni (accusative genitive singular)
tuliperäiseni (accusative genitive plural)
tuliperäiseni (genitive singular)
tuliperäisteni (genitive plural)
tuliperäisieni (genitive plural)
tuliperäistäni (partitive singular)
tuliperäisiäni (partitive plural)
tuliperäisessäni (inessive singular)
tuliperäisissäni (inessive plural)
tuliperäisestäni (elative singular)
tuliperäisistäni (elative plural)
tuliperäiseeni (illative singular)
tuliperäisiini (illative plural)
tuliperäiselläni (adessive singular)
tuliperäisilläni (adessive plural)
tuliperäiseltäni (ablative singular)
tuliperäisiltäni (ablative plural)
tuliperäiselleni (allative singular)
tuliperäisilleni (allative plural)
tuliperäisenäni (essive singular)
tuliperäisinäni (essive plural)
tuliperäisekseni (singular translative)
tuliperäisikseni (plural translative)
tuliperäisettäni (abessive singular)
tuliperäisittäni (abessive plural)
tuliperäisineni (comitative plural)
tuliperäisesi (nominative singular)
tuliperäisesi (nominative plural)
tuliperäisesi (accusative nominative singular)
tuliperäisesi (accusative nominative plural)
tuliperäisesi (accusative genitive singular)
tuliperäisesi (accusative genitive plural)
tuliperäisesi (genitive singular)
tuliperäistesi (genitive plural)
tuliperäisiesi (genitive plural)
tuliperäistäsi (partitive singular)
tuliperäisiäsi (partitive plural)
tuliperäisessäsi (inessive singular)
tuliperäisissäsi (inessive plural)
tuliperäisestäsi (elative singular)
tuliperäisistäsi (elative plural)
tuliperäiseesi (illative singular)
tuliperäisiisi (illative plural)
tuliperäiselläsi (adessive singular)
tuliperäisilläsi (adessive plural)
tuliperäiseltäsi (ablative singular)
tuliperäisiltäsi (ablative plural)
tuliperäisellesi (allative singular)
tuliperäisillesi (allative plural)
tuliperäisenäsi (essive singular)
tuliperäisinäsi (essive plural)
tuliperäiseksesi (singular translative)
tuliperäisiksesi (plural translative)
tuliperäisettäsi (abessive singular)
tuliperäisittäsi (abessive plural)
tuliperäisinesi (comitative plural)
tuliperäisemme (nominative singular)
tuliperäisemme (nominative plural)
tuliperäisemme (accusative nominative singular)
tuliperäisemme (accusative nominative plural)
tuliperäisemme (accusative genitive singular)
tuliperäisemme (accusative genitive plural)
tuliperäisemme (genitive singular)
tuliperäistemme (genitive plural)
tuliperäisiemme (genitive plural)
tuliperäistämme (partitive singular)
tuliperäisiämme (partitive plural)
tuliperäisessämme (inessive singular)
tuliperäisissämme (inessive plural)
tuliperäisestämme (elative singular)
tuliperäisistämme (elative plural)
tuliperäiseemme (illative singular)
tuliperäisiimme (illative plural)
tuliperäisellämme (adessive singular)
tuliperäisillämme (adessive plural)
tuliperäiseltämme (ablative singular)
tuliperäisiltämme (ablative plural)
tuliperäisellemme (allative singular)
tuliperäisillemme (allative plural)
tuliperäisenämme (essive singular)
tuliperäisinämme (essive plural)
tuliperäiseksemme (singular translative)
tuliperäisiksemme (plural translative)
tuliperäisettämme (abessive singular)
tuliperäisittämme (abessive plural)
tuliperäisinemme (comitative plural)
tuliperäisenne (nominative singular)
tuliperäisenne (nominative plural)
tuliperäisenne (accusative nominative singular)
tuliperäisenne (accusative nominative plural)
tuliperäisenne (accusative genitive singular)
tuliperäisenne (accusative genitive plural)
tuliperäisenne (genitive singular)
tuliperäistenne (genitive plural)
tuliperäisienne (genitive plural)
tuliperäistänne (partitive singular)
tuliperäisiänne (partitive plural)
tuliperäisessänne (inessive singular)
tuliperäisissänne (inessive plural)
tuliperäisestänne (elative singular)
tuliperäisistänne (elative plural)
tuliperäiseenne (illative singular)
tuliperäisiinne (illative plural)
tuliperäisellänne (adessive singular)
tuliperäisillänne (adessive plural)
tuliperäiseltänne (ablative singular)
tuliperäisiltänne (ablative plural)
tuliperäisellenne (allative singular)
tuliperäisillenne (allative plural)
tuliperäisenänne (essive singular)
tuliperäisinänne (essive plural)
tuliperäiseksenne (singular translative)
tuliperäisiksenne (plural translative)
tuliperäisettänne (abessive singular)
tuliperäisittänne (abessive plural)
tuliperäisinenne (comitative plural)
tuliperäisensä (nominative singular)
tuliperäisensä (nominative plural)
tuliperäisensä (accusative nominative singular)
tuliperäisensä (accusative nominative plural)
tuliperäisensä (accusative genitive singular)
tuliperäisensä (accusative genitive plural)
tuliperäisensä (genitive singular)
tuliperäistensä (genitive plural)
tuliperäisiensä (genitive plural)
tuliperäistään (partitive singular)
tuliperäistänsä (partitive singular)
tuliperäisiään (partitive plural)
tuliperäisiänsä (partitive plural)
tuliperäisessään (inessive singular)
tuliperäisessänsä (inessive singular)
tuliperäisissään (inessive plural)
tuliperäisissänsä (inessive plural)
tuliperäisestään (elative singular)
tuliperäisestänsä (elative singular)
tuliperäisistään (elative plural)
tuliperäisistänsä (elative plural)
tuliperäiseensä (illative singular)
tuliperäisiinsä (illative plural)
tuliperäisellään (adessive singular)
tuliperäisellänsä (adessive singular)
tuliperäisillään (adessive plural)
tuliperäisillänsä (adessive plural)
tuliperäiseltään (ablative singular)
tuliperäiseltänsä (ablative singular)
tuliperäisiltään (ablative plural)
tuliperäisiltänsä (ablative plural)
tuliperäiselleen (allative singular)
tuliperäisellensä (allative singular)
tuliperäisilleen (allative plural)
tuliperäisillensä (allative plural)
tuliperäisenään (essive singular)
tuliperäisenänsä (essive singular)
tuliperäisinään (essive plural)
tuliperäisinänsä (essive plural)
tuliperäisekseen (singular translative)
tuliperäiseksensä (singular translative)
tuliperäisikseen (plural translative)
tuliperäisiksensä (plural translative)
tuliperäisettään (abessive singular)
tuliperäisettänsä (abessive singular)
tuliperäisittään (abessive plural)
tuliperäisittänsä (abessive plural)
tuliperäisineen (comitative plural)
tuliperäisinensä (comitative plural)

tuli (“fire”) + -peräinen (“originating from”)


isometrico

it-adj

isometrico (feminine isometrica, masculine plural isometrici, feminine plural isometriche)

isometrica (feminine)
isometrici (masculine plural)
isometriche (feminine plural)

(cartography, geometry, mineralogy, physics, physiology) isometric


debu

id-noun

dêbu (first-person possessive debuku, second-person possessive debumu, third-person possessive debunya)

dêbu (canonical)
debuku (first-person possessive)
debumu (possessive second-person)
debunya (possessive third-person)

From Malay debu, from Proto-Malayic *dəbu.

(geology) silt: a particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.


dépôt

→ Danish: depot

→? Dutch: depot

→ English: depot

→ German: Depot

→ Turkish: depo, debboy

From Old French depost, from Latin dēpositum (“deposit”, noun), also the passive participle of dēpōnere (“to deposit”). Cognate with Spanish depósito.


felsite

The buff-colored dacites of the Superstition Mountains are felsites.

(mineralogy) A fine grained volcanic extrusive rock, generally light in color, composed of felsic minerals.

(geology) Any light-colored volcanic rock whose true mineralogy is not yet determined.


rhodplumsite

The name reflects the main composites of the mineral, rhodium and lead
Greek rhodon + Latin plumbum + -ite

(mineralogy) A rare rhodium-lead sulphide mineral with chemical formula Rh₃Pb₂S₂.


phaneritic

en-adj

phaneritic (comparative more phaneritic, superlative most phaneritic)

more phaneritic (comparative)
most phaneritic (superlative)

(geology, petrology) Pertaining to phanerites, igneous rocks composed of macroscopic mineral crystals (coarse grains large enough to be visible to the naked eye).


lava dome

Lava domes are rarely seen in shield volcanos.

Mount St. Helens has been building a new lava dome since the May, 1980 eruption.

(volcanology) A roughly circular mound-shaped bulge that builds up from the slow eruption of viscous felsic lava from a volcano.

火山穹丘

Circular mound shaped bulge built up from lava


bukovskyite

Named after Czech chemist Antonín Bukovský (1865–1950), who studied minerals of old pit heaps and in 1901 proved it was an arsenate.

named-after

(mineralogy) An iron arsenate sulfate mineral that forms nodules with a reniform surface.


egressive

This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake.

(geology) descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.


ingressive

en-adj

ingressive (comparative more ingressive, superlative most ingressive)

more ingressive (comparative)
most ingressive (superlative)

This spring is the ingressive source of the water that flows through the cave.

(geology) Being a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.


chalkface

From chalk + face.
In the education sense, it is a play on coalface (“place where practical work is done”), after the chalk used on school blackboards, and is believed to have been coined by Ted Wragg for his Times Educational Supplement column.

(geology) A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover


megathrust

On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m., a magnitude-9 undersea megathrust earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan.

2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 458:

(geology) A sudden large-scale slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate, resulting in a major earthquake.


qandilite

(mineralogy) An opaque black metallic mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Fe,Al)O₄.


qilianshanite

(mineralogy) A soft colourless monoclinic mineral with the chemical formula NaHCO₃·H₃BO₃·2H₂O.


löllingite

Lölling, Austria, where it was first described, and -ite.

(mineralogy) An iron arsenide mineral often found with arsenopyrite.


afwillite

Alpheus Fuller Williams (1874-1953) of the De Beers diamond company, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral, occurring as glassy, colourless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals.


qitianlingite

(mineralogy) A black orthorhombic mineral with the chemical formula (Fe,Mn)₂(Nb,Ta)₂WO₁₀.


qingheiite

en-noun

qingheiite (usually uncountable, plural qingheiites)

(mineralogy) A complex yellow or green mineral with vitreous lustre.


flowstone

(geology) A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave.


plication

plication (countable and uncountable, plural plications)

From Middle French plicacion, and its source, Latin plicatio.

(now chiefly biology, geology) An act of folding.

But the recognition of nappes set out the research project: you need not simply throw up your hands in despair at perverse plications and ceaseless crenelations in the Alps.

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 96:

(now chiefly biology, geology) A fold or pleat.


korok

id-noun

korok (first-person possessive korokku, second-person possessive korokmu, third-person possessive koroknya)

korokku (first-person possessive)
korokmu (possessive second-person)
koroknya (possessive third-person)


zvyagintsevite

Orest Evgenevich Zvyagintsev, geochemist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A white opaque metallic mineral with the chemical formula (Pd,Pt,Au)₃(Pb,Sn).


jacquesdietrichite

Jacques Emile Dietrich (1926-2009), French geologist, and -ite. Dietrich found the mineral. The name of the mineral was however chosen by one of his friends, Georges Favreau.

(mineralogy) A translucent blue mineral with the chemical formula Cu₂[BO(OH)₂](OH)₃.


znucalite

From the chemical symbols Zn (zinc) and U (uranium), the word calcium, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A fluorescent radioactive mineral with the chemical formula CaZn₁₁(UO₂)(CO₃)₃(OH)₂₀·4(H₂O).


szmikite

Ignaz Szmik, Romanian mining official + -ite.

(mineralogy) A soft monoclinic mineral with the chemical formula MnSO₄·(H₂O).


martite

(mineralogy) A variety of hematite that is pseudomorphic after magnetite crystals.


tellurobismuthite

(mineralogy) A soft dull grey mineral form of bismuth telluride.


stibiopalladinite

(mineralogy) A palladium-antimony mineral with the chemical formula Pd₅Sb₂.


pseudomorph

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

From pseudo- (“false”) + -morph (“form”).

Petrified wood is a silicic pseudomorph of the original wood.

The first kind of pseudomorphs, are pseudomorphs by alteration; the second, pseudomorphs by replacement; the third, pseudomorphs by infiltration; the fourth, pseudomorphs by incrustation.

1852, James D. Dana, A Manual of Mineralogy, page 54:

A deceptive, irregular, or false form; specifically:

(geology, mineralogy) A mineral that formed by replacement of an existing mineral (or organic matter) such that the new mineral has the appearance and dimensions of the original.

pseudomorfi

a mineral that formed by replacement of an existing mineral or organic matter


phosphophyllite

(mineralogy) A rare bluish-green hydrated zinc phosphate mineral.


intracrater

an intracrater dune formation

(geomorphology, astronomy) Occurring within a crater


dmisteinbergite

Chesnokov et al. also reported from the same locality dmisteinbergite, a natural hexagonal polymorph of anorthite.

2001, William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, Rock-forming Minerals: Feldspars, volume 4A, page 654:

(mineralogy) A colourless mineral, a hexagonal polymorph of anorthite, with the chemical formula CaAl₂Si₂O₈.


ασβεστόλιθος

head

ασβεστόλιθοι

ασβεστόλιθος • (asvestólithos) m (usually uncountable, plural ασβεστόλιθοι)

el-noun

ασβεστόλιθοι

asvestólithos (romanization)
ασβεστόλιθοι (plural)
ασβεστόλιθος (nominative singular)
ασβεστόλιθοι (nominative plural)
ασβεστόλιθου (genitive singular)
ασβεστολίθου (genitive singular)
ασβεστόλιθων (genitive plural)
ασβεστολίθων (genitive plural)
ασβεστόλιθο (accusative singular)
ασβεστόλιθους (accusative plural)
ασβεστολίθους (accusative plural)
ασβεστόλιθε (singular vocative)
ασβεστόλιθοι (plural vocative)

el-decl-noun

ασβεστόλιθος

ασβεστόλιθοι

ασβεστόλιθου

ασβεστολίθου

ασβεστόλιθων

ασβεστολίθων

ασβεστόλιθους

ασβεστολίθους

ασβεστόλιθοι

Second forms are formal. Where there are two forms the paroxytone is more common.


millosevichite

(mineralogy) A rare mineral with the chemical formula Al₂(SO₄)₃, forming white to yellowish cryptocrystalline masses.


meteoryt

pl-noun

meteoryt m inan (related adjective meteorytowy)

meteorytowy (adjective)
meteoryt (nominative singular)
meteoryty (nominative plural)
meteorytu (genitive singular)
meteorytów (genitive plural)
meteorytowi (dative singular)
meteorytom (dative plural)
meteoryt (accusative singular)
meteoryty (accusative plural)
meteorytem (instrumental singular)
meteorytami (instrumental plural)
meteorycie (locative singular)
meteorytach (locative plural)
meteorycie (singular vocative)
meteoryty (plural vocative)

Internationalism; compare English meteorite, French météorite, German Meteorit, ultimately from Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros).

(astronomy, cosmochemistry, geochemistry, mineralogy) meteorite (metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid)


monoclinique

(mineralogy) monoclinic (having three unequal axes)


promontório

Learned borrowing from Latin prōmontōrium, alternative form of prōmunturium (“peak; promontory”).

lbor

(geology) promontory (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)


molasse

From French molasse, a kind of sandstone, from Latin mollis (“soft”).

The molasse provides a record of the wearing down of the Alpine range at a late stage; unlike the Flysch, it is largely non-marine.

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 109:

(geology) A shallow deposit of sandstone, shale and conglomerate in front of a rising mountain chain.


molassi

molassi (nominative singular)
molassit (nominative plural)
molassi (accusative nominative singular)
molassit (accusative nominative plural)
molassin (accusative genitive singular)
molassit (accusative genitive plural)
molassin (genitive singular)
molassien (genitive plural)
molassia (partitive singular)
molasseja (partitive plural)
molassissa (inessive singular)
molasseissa (inessive plural)
molassista (elative singular)
molasseista (elative plural)
molassiin (illative singular)
molasseihin (illative plural)
molassilla (adessive singular)
molasseilla (adessive plural)
molassilta (ablative singular)
molasseilta (ablative plural)
molassille (allative singular)
molasseille (allative plural)
molassina (essive singular)
molasseina (essive plural)
molassiksi (singular translative)
molasseiksi (plural translative)
molassitta (abessive singular)
molasseitta (abessive plural)
molassein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
molassini (nominative singular)
molassini (nominative plural)
molassini (accusative nominative singular)
molassini (accusative nominative plural)
molassini (accusative genitive singular)
molassini (accusative genitive plural)
molassini (genitive singular)
molassieni (genitive plural)
molassiani (partitive singular)
molassejani (partitive plural)
molassissani (inessive singular)
molasseissani (inessive plural)
molassistani (elative singular)
molasseistani (elative plural)
molassiini (illative singular)
molasseihini (illative plural)
molassillani (adessive singular)
molasseillani (adessive plural)
molassiltani (ablative singular)
molasseiltani (ablative plural)
molassilleni (allative singular)
molasseilleni (allative plural)
molassinani (essive singular)
molasseinani (essive plural)
molassikseni (singular translative)
molasseikseni (plural translative)
molassittani (abessive singular)
molasseittani (abessive plural)
molasseineni (comitative plural)
molassisi (nominative singular)
molassisi (nominative plural)
molassisi (accusative nominative singular)
molassisi (accusative nominative plural)
molassisi (accusative genitive singular)
molassisi (accusative genitive plural)
molassisi (genitive singular)
molassiesi (genitive plural)
molassiasi (partitive singular)
molassejasi (partitive plural)
molassissasi (inessive singular)
molasseissasi (inessive plural)
molassistasi (elative singular)
molasseistasi (elative plural)
molassiisi (illative singular)
molasseihisi (illative plural)
molassillasi (adessive singular)
molasseillasi (adessive plural)
molassiltasi (ablative singular)
molasseiltasi (ablative plural)
molassillesi (allative singular)
molasseillesi (allative plural)
molassinasi (essive singular)
molasseinasi (essive plural)
molassiksesi (singular translative)
molasseiksesi (plural translative)
molassittasi (abessive singular)
molasseittasi (abessive plural)
molasseinesi (comitative plural)
molassimme (nominative singular)
molassimme (nominative plural)
molassimme (accusative nominative singular)
molassimme (accusative nominative plural)
molassimme (accusative genitive singular)
molassimme (accusative genitive plural)
molassimme (genitive singular)
molassiemme (genitive plural)
molassiamme (partitive singular)
molassejamme (partitive plural)
molassissamme (inessive singular)
molasseissamme (inessive plural)
molassistamme (elative singular)
molasseistamme (elative plural)
molassiimme (illative singular)
molasseihimme (illative plural)
molassillamme (adessive singular)
molasseillamme (adessive plural)
molassiltamme (ablative singular)
molasseiltamme (ablative plural)
molassillemme (allative singular)
molasseillemme (allative plural)
molassinamme (essive singular)
molasseinamme (essive plural)
molassiksemme (singular translative)
molasseiksemme (plural translative)
molassittamme (abessive singular)
molasseittamme (abessive plural)
molasseinemme (comitative plural)
molassinne (nominative singular)
molassinne (nominative plural)
molassinne (accusative nominative singular)
molassinne (accusative nominative plural)
molassinne (accusative genitive singular)
molassinne (accusative genitive plural)
molassinne (genitive singular)
molassienne (genitive plural)
molassianne (partitive singular)
molassejanne (partitive plural)
molassissanne (inessive singular)
molasseissanne (inessive plural)
molassistanne (elative singular)
molasseistanne (elative plural)
molassiinne (illative singular)
molasseihinne (illative plural)
molassillanne (adessive singular)
molasseillanne (adessive plural)
molassiltanne (ablative singular)
molasseiltanne (ablative plural)
molassillenne (allative singular)
molasseillenne (allative plural)
molassinanne (essive singular)
molasseinanne (essive plural)
molassiksenne (singular translative)
molasseiksenne (plural translative)
molassittanne (abessive singular)
molasseittanne (abessive plural)
molasseinenne (comitative plural)
molassinsa (nominative singular)
molassinsa (nominative plural)
molassinsa (accusative nominative singular)
molassinsa (accusative nominative plural)
molassinsa (accusative genitive singular)
molassinsa (accusative genitive plural)
molassinsa (genitive singular)
molassiensa (genitive plural)
molassiaan (partitive singular)
molassiansa (partitive singular)
molassejaan (partitive plural)
molassejansa (partitive plural)
molassissaan (inessive singular)
molassissansa (inessive singular)
molasseissaan (inessive plural)
molasseissansa (inessive plural)
molassistaan (elative singular)
molassistansa (elative singular)
molasseistaan (elative plural)
molasseistansa (elative plural)
molassiinsa (illative singular)
molasseihinsa (illative plural)
molassillaan (adessive singular)
molassillansa (adessive singular)
molasseillaan (adessive plural)
molasseillansa (adessive plural)
molassiltaan (ablative singular)
molassiltansa (ablative singular)
molasseiltaan (ablative plural)
molasseiltansa (ablative plural)
molassilleen (allative singular)
molassillensa (allative singular)
molasseilleen (allative plural)
molasseillensa (allative plural)
molassinaan (essive singular)
molassinansa (essive singular)
molasseinaan (essive plural)
molasseinansa (essive plural)
molassikseen (singular translative)
molassiksensa (singular translative)
molasseikseen (plural translative)
molasseiksensa (plural translative)
molassittaan (abessive singular)
molassittansa (abessive singular)
molasseittaan (abessive plural)
molasseittansa (abessive plural)
molasseineen (comitative plural)
molasseinensa (comitative plural)


knorringite

From Knorring + -ite, after Oleg Von Knorring, professor of mineralogy.

(mineralogy) A green or blue mineral of the garnet group, forming a series with pyrope.


cyanotrichite

(mineralogy) A rare, blue, orthorhombic copper aluminium sulfate mineral.


pezzottaite

en-noun

pezzottaite (usually uncountable, plural pezzottaites)

From Pezzotta + -ite, after Federico Pezzotta, Italian petrologist.

(mineralogy) A cesium analog of beryl, a silicate of cesium, beryllium, lithium and aluminium that crystallizes in the trigonal system.


garnierite

From Garnier + -ite, after Jules Garnier, its discoverer.

(mineralogy) A green nickel ore found in fissures of weathered ultramafic rocks


volborthite

Alexander von Volborth (1800-1876), a Russian paleontologist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral containing copper and vanadium.


kirschsteinite

(mineralogy) A grey orthorhombic silicate mineral of the olivine group.


niedermayrite

Gerhard Niedermayr (born 1941), Austrian mineralogist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic hydrated copper cadmium sulfate hydroxide mineral.


calciovolborthite

(mineralogy) A mineral with chemical formula CaCuVO₄(OH), closely related to volborthite.


tokyoite

tokyoite (usually uncountable, plural tokyoites)

Tokyo, Japan, where it was found, + -ite.


leucophanite

leucophanite (countable and uncountable, plural leucophanites)

Originally named Leukophan (1840) by the Norwegian mineralogist Jens Esmark, in allusion to its whitish color, from leuco- (white) + -phane (“appearing”). The suffix -ite, added later, is used to form nouns denoting minerals.

(mineralogy) A sorosilicate mineral that occurs in pegmatites and alkali igneous complexes as yellow, greenish or white triclinic crystals.


sekaninaite

sekaninaite (countable and uncountable, plural sekaninaites)

Josef Sekanina, Czech mineralogist, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A mineral with the chemical formula ((Fe⁺²,Mg)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈).


monohydrocalcite

(mineralogy) A white trigonal mineral with the chemical formula CaCO₃·H₂O, a hydrous form of calcium carbonate.


orthogneiss

(geology) A gneiss derived from an igneous rock.


gneissose

en-adj

gneissose (comparative more gneissose, superlative most gneissose)

more gneissose (comparative)
most gneissose (superlative)

(geology) Having properties similar to gneiss.


siderophyllite

(mineralogy) A rare silicate mineral of the mica group.


paragneiss

(geology) A gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock.


feroxyhyte

en-noun

feroxyhyte (countable and uncountable, plural feroxyhytes)

(mineralogy) A hexagonal oxide/hydroxide of iron that occurs in manganese-iron nodules on the Pacific Ocean floor, reverting to goethite on exposure to surface conditions.


descloizite

Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817-1897), French mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare orthorhombic mineral consisting of basic lead and zinc vanadate, isomorphous with olivenite.


cabriite

Louis J Cabri, Canadian mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A grey-white mineral with the chemical formula Pd₂SnCu.


borickite

(mineralogy) Alternate name for delvauxite.


delvauxite

Borrowed from French delvauxite, from J S P J Delvaux de Feuffe (1782-1863), Belgian chemist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A yellow or brown amorphous mineral, sometimes forming a botryoidal mass or stalactites.


olivenite

From German Olivenerz (“olive ore”), from its olive-green colour + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic copper arsenate mineral with the chemical formula Cu₂AsO₄OH.


selenita

Borrowed from Latin selēnītēs, from Ancient Greek σεληνῑ́της (selēnī́tēs).


selenita

From Ancient Greek σεληνίτης (selēnítēs).

A selenita é uma pedra serena que instila a paz profunda e por isso é excelente para a meditação e o trabalho espiritual.

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Selenite is a serene stone that instills deep peace and is therefore excellent for meditation and spiritual work.


鋁土礦

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/lɵy̯¹³ tʰou̯³⁵ kʷʰɔːŋ³³/

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saccharoidal

en-adj

saccharoidal (comparative more saccharoidal, superlative most saccharoidal)

more saccharoidal (comparative)
most saccharoidal (superlative)

(mineralogy) Having a texture like granulated sugar.


saccharoid

saccharoid (comparative more saccharoid, superlative most saccharoid)

more saccharoid (comparative)
most saccharoid (superlative)

/ˈsækəˌɹɔɪd/


hydrozincite

(mineralogy) A white carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆.


hydromagnesite

(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂.4H₂O, used as a fire retardant.


freibergite

en-noun

freibergite (usually uncountable, plural freibergites)

Freiberg, Saxony, where it was found in silver mines, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A complex cubic sulfosalt mineral of silver, copper, iron, antimony, and arsenic.


sulfosalt

(mineralogy) A complex sulfide mineral with certain proportions of a metal, a semi-metal, and sulfur (or, rarely, selenium).

sulfosel

a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal


hydrophilite

(mineralogy) A soft white mineral formed from anhydrous calcium chloride.


hydroboracite

(mineralogy) A hydrated borate mineral with the chemical formula CaMgB₆O₈(OH)₆·3(H₂O).


aalen

aalen (nominative singular)
aalenu (genitive singular)
aalenowi (dative singular)
aalen (accusative singular)
aalenem (instrumental singular)
aalenie (locative singular)
aalenie (singular vocative)

(geology, paleontology) Aalenian (subdivision of the Middle Jurassic epoch or series)


Pele-type

(astronomy, geology) Describing an eruption or volcano similar to that of Pele on Io (the moon of Jupiter).


fire fountain

(geology) A form of pyroclastic eruption containing magma suspended in gas.


Prometheus-type

(astronomy, geology) Describing an eruption or volcano similar to those on Prometheus (the moon of Saturn).