English Explanatory Dictionary

afwillite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral, occurring as glassy, colourless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals.

Word forms

afwillite afwillites

Etymology

Alpheus Fuller Williams (1874-1953) of the De Beers diamond company, and -ite.

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