karlite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.

Word forms

karlite

Etymology

Named after German professor of mineralogy and petrology at Christian Albrechts University, Dr. Franz Karl (1918–1972), + -ite.

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