raspite

English

Etymology

Named after Mr. Charles Rasp (1846-1907), a German-Australian prospector and the discoverer of the Broken Hill deposit, where raspite was first found

Rasp + -ite

Noun

raspite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing lead, oxygen, and tungsten.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Raspite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.

Anagrams

• @ parties, Pirates, Prestia, airstep, eartips, parties, pastier, piaster, piastre, pirates, praties, rapiest, tapiser, traipse

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raspˈite/

Verb

raspite

1. past adverbial passive participle of raspi

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rasˈpite/

Verb

raspite

1. adverbial past passive participle of raspar