xiphonite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named in 1893 by either Dr Gaetano Platania or Giovanni Platania after Xiphonia, Italy, a town near the type locality.
Noun[edit]
xiphonite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy, obsolete) A scoriaceous amphibole with yellow crystals.
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
xiphonite f (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “xiphonite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.