anhydrite

English

Etymology

From an- +‎ hydro- +‎ -ite.

Pron

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Noun

anhydrite (countable and uncountable, plural anhydrites)

1. (mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.

Hypernyms

• calcium sulphate
• mineral
• sulphate

Coordinate terms

• gypsum

Translations

saline evaporite

• Afrikaans: anhidriet
• Catalan: anhidrita f
• Finnish: anhydriitti (fi)
• French: anhydrite (fr) m
• German: Anhydrit (de) m
• Greek: ανυδρίτης (el) m (anydrítis)
• Japanese: 硬石膏 (ja) (こうせっこう, kōsekkō)
• Portuguese: anidrita f, anidrito m, anidrite f
• Spanish: anhidrita f
• Tagalog: anidrita

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Anhydrite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “anhydrite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

French

Noun

anhydrite f (plural anhydrites)

1. (mineralogy) anhydrite