mellite

English

Etymology

From Latin mell-, stem of mel (“honey”) +‎ -ite.

Noun

mellite (countable and uncountable, plural mellites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone.

Further reading
  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Mellite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “mellite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

French

Noun

mellite f (plural mellites)

  1. (mineralogy) mellite

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

From miele +‎ -lite.

Noun

mellite f (plural melliti)

  1. (mineralogy) honeystone, mellite

Adjective

mellite

  1. feminine plural of mellito

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Latin

Adjective

mellīte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mellītus
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