marialite









marialite


marialite [muh-ree-uh-lahyt, mar-ee-uh-] Word Origin noun Mineralogy.

  1. a member of the scapolite group, rich in sodium and containing no calcium.

Origin of marialite 1850–55; German Marialit; after Marie Rose, wife of Gerhard vom Rath, 19th-century German mineralogist; see -lite

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