andalusite
andalusite · andalusites
андалузит
Andalusit
An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, which can be cut into a gem and displays…An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, which can be cut into a gem and displays strong pleochroism, shifting between red, green, and yellow.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, which can be cut into a gem and displays strong pleochroism, shifting between red, green, and yellow.
Andalusit
андалузи́тandaluzít
Translations
7 languagesРусский
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Deutsch
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Origin
From Andalusia + -ite, after the erroneous belief that it was from Andalusia.From Andalusia + -ite, after the erroneous belief that it was from Andalusia.
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Forms
plural: andalusites| Singular | andalusite |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedandalusitic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable