gyrolite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

Word forms

gyrolite gyrolites

Etymology

From gyro- + -lite, from Ancient Greek γύρος (gúros, “ring, circle”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for its round crystalline nodules.

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