castellite

See also: Castellite

English

Etymology

Castelli +‎ -ite, from the surname of its discoverer, Herr Bergverwalter Castelli.

Noun

castellite (plural castellites)

1. A clear yellow form of the crystalline mineral titanite or sphene, occurring in very small, thin, tubular crystals.

Related terms

• titanite
• sphene

References

• Titanite, a description of the mineral castellite. Accessed online August 7, 2007.

• Castellite: a form of sphene. Accessed online August 7, 2007.

• Brande, William Thomas, editor (1867), A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art‎^[1], volume 1, George William Cox, London: Longmans, Green and co., page 387

• Chester, Albert Huntington (1896) “castellite”, in A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals Including Their History and Etymology‎^[2], New York, London: J. Wiley & Sons, Chapman & Hall, →OCLC, page 48