andalusite

English

Etymology

From Andalusia +‎ -ite, after the erroneous belief that it was from Andalusia.

Noun

andalusite (countable and uncountable, plural andalusites)

(mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅.

Translations

mineral

Chinese:
Mandarin: 紅柱石／红柱石 (zh) (hóngzhùshí)
Dutch: andalusiet ?
Finnish: andalusiitti
French: andalousite (fr) f
Galician: andalucita (gl) f
German: Andalusit (de) m
Italian: andalusite f
Polish: andaluzyt (pl) m
Portuguese: andaluzita f, andalusita f
Russian: андалузи́т (ru) m (andaluzít)
Spanish: andalucita f

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Andalusite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“andalusite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

Italian

Noun

andalusite f (invariable)

(mineralogy) andalusite

Anagrams

adulantesi

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