mellite

English

Etymology

From Latin mell-, stem of mel (“honey”) +‎ -ite

Noun

mellite (countable and uncountable, plural mellites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone.

Further reading

  • “Mellite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • mellite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

Anagrams

French

Noun

mellite f (plural mellites)

  1. (mineralogy) mellite

Italian

Etymology

miele +‎ -lite

Noun

mellite f (plural melliti)

  1. (mineralogy) honeystone, mellite

Adjective

mellite f

  1. Feminine plural form of mellito

Latin

Adjective

mellīte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mellītus
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