English Explanatory Dictionary

xiphonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A scoriaceous amphibole with yellow crystals.

Word forms

xiphonite

Etymology

Named in 1893 by either Dr Gaetano Platania or Giovanni Platania after Xiphonia, Italy, a town near the type locality.

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