English Explanatory Dictionary

algerite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An altered form of scapolite, originally believed to be a unique mineral.

Word forms

algerite algerites

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1849, because he believed that the sample of this mineral, which Mr. F. Alger found in Franklin, New Jersey, was a unique mineral.

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