dipyre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of scapolite (mineral).

Word forms

dipyre dipyres

Etymology

From di- + Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”); so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it and rendering it phosphorescent.

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