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andalusite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.13 in modern English

Syllables
an-dalusite
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, which can be cut into a gem and displays strong pleochroism, shifting between red, green, and yellow.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Andalusia + -ite, after the erroneous belief that it was from Andalusia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

andalusites (plural)

Derived Forms

andalusitic

Questions

What does andalusite mean?
An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, which can be cut into a gem and displays strong pleochroism, shifting between red, green, and yellow.
Where does andalusite come from?
From Andalusia + -ite, after the erroneous belief that it was from Andalusia.

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