xiphonite

English

Etymology

Named in 1893 by either Dr Gaetano Platania or Giovanni Platania after Xiphonia, Italy, a town near the type locality.

Noun

xiphonite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy, obsolete) A scoriaceous amphibole with yellow crystals.

French

Noun

xiphonite f (uncountable)

1. xiphonite

Further reading

• “xiphonite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.