mullite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Mull (Scotland) +‎ -ite.

Noun

mullite (countable and uncountable, plural mullites)

1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

mullite

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mullir combined with te