charoite

See also: charoïte

English

Charoite

Etymology

From Russian Ча́ра (Čára) (the name of a river in Siberia, Russia) + -o- +‎ -ite.

Noun

charoite (plural charoites)

1. A rare mineral, ranging in color from a light lilac to a deep purple, found in Yakutia, Russia.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: charoiet
• Finnish: tšaroiitti
• French: charoïte (fr) f
• German: Charoit (de) n
• Italian: charoite f
• Japanese: チャロアイト
• Lithuanian: c̆aroitas
• Polish: czaroit
• Russian: чарои́т (ru) m (čaroít)
• Yakut: чароит (caroit)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Charoite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “charoite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• Theorica, achroite