"hyalite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hyalites [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos, “glass”) + -ite. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|ὕαλος|-ite|lang1=grc|t1=glass}} Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos, “glass”) + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} hyalite (plural hyalites)
  1. (mineralogy) A form of opal. Wikipedia link: hyalite Categories (topical): Minerals Translations (form of opal): lawaglas (Afrikaans), хиалит (hialit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hyaliitti (Finnish), ialite [feminine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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