English Explanatory Dictionary

francolite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of lewistonite (“variety of fluorapatite”)

Word forms

francolite francolites

Etymology

Named for type locality Wheal Franco (a former copper mine in Tavistock, in Devon, England) + -lite.

Synonyms

lewistonite
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