English Explanatory Dictionary

bassanite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An evaporite, consisting of calcium sulfate, found at Vesuvius.

Word forms

bassanite

Etymology

From Bassani + -ite, after paleontologist Francesco Bassani

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