vulpinite
English edit
Etymology edit
Costa Volpino (“a place name in Italy”) + -ite (“a mineral”)
Noun edit
vulpinite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish-white colour, used for ornamental purposes.
Further reading edit
- “vulpinite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- “vulpinite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.