vulpinite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Costa Volpino (“a place name in Italy”) + -ite (“a mineral”)
Noun[edit]
vulpinite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish-white colour, used for ornamental purposes.
Further reading[edit]
- “vulpinite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- “vulpinite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.