xiphonite
English edit
Etymology edit
Named in 1893 by either Dr Gaetano Platania or Giovanni Platania after Xiphonia, Italy, a town near the type locality.
Noun edit
xiphonite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy, obsolete) A scoriaceous amphibole with yellow crystals.
French edit
Noun edit
xiphonite f (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “xiphonite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.