saussurite

English

Etymology

From Saussure +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊsjʊəɹaɪt/

Noun

saussurite (countable and uncountable, plural saussurites)

1. (mineralogy) A tough, compact mineral aggregate, of a white, greenish, or greyish colour. It is an aggregate of albite, zoisite, prehnite and other aluminium silicates, and is produced by the alteration of feldspar.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “saussurite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)