andalusite

English

Etymology

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

Noun

andalusite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅.

Translations

mineral

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅柱石／红柱石 (zh), 红柱石 (zh) (hóngzhùshí)

• Finnish: andalusiitti
• French: andalousite (fr) f
• German: Andalusit (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: andalusite f
• Portuguese: andaluzita f, andalusita f
• Russian: андалузи́т (ru) m (andaluzít)
• Spanish: andalucita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Andalusite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “andalusite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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Italian

Noun

andalusite f (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) andalusite