rhaetizite

English

Etymology

So called from Latin Rhaetia, Raetia (“the Rhetian Alps”), where it is found, +‎ -ite.

Noun

rhaetizite (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, mineralogy) A variety of the mineral kyanite.

References

• “rhaetizite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.