salite

English

Alternative forms

• sahlite

Etymology

Named for type locality Sala, Sweden, +‎ -ite.

Noun

salite

1. (mineralogy) A massive lamellar variety of pyroxene, of a dingy green colour.

Synonyms

• diopside

Further reading

• “salite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
• “Diopside”, in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “salite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Elista, ailest, alties, saltie, stelai

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Esperanto

Adverb

salite

1. past adverbial passive participle of sali

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Italian

Noun

salite f pl

1. plural of salita

Anagrams

• astile, esalti, lisate

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) salīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of saliō