English Explanatory Dictionary

crandallite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Word forms

crandallite crandallites

Etymology

Etymology tree Scottish Gaelic Mac Raonuillder. English Crandall Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English crandallite Named after American mining engineer Milan Lucian Crandall, Jr. (1880–1959), who worked in the mine where the mineral was discovered, + -ite.

Derived words

arsenocrandallite
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