"staurolite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: staurolites [plural]
Etymology: stauro- + -lite, in reference to its frequent cruciform twinning. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|stauro|lite}} stauro- + -lite Head templates: {{en-noun}} staurolite (plural staurolites)
  1. (mineralogy) a dark brown nesosilicate mineral that has crystals that cross and intergrow Wikipedia link: staurolite Categories (topical): Minerals Translations (mineral): stauroliet (Dutch), stauroliitti (Finnish), staurolit [masculine] (Polish), estaurolita [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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