peristerite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon”) + -ite. In reference to the iridescence of a pigeon's neck.

Noun

peristerite (plural peristerites)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “peristerite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Further reading

• “peristerite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.