xiphonite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named in 1893 by either Dr Gaetano Platania or Giovanni Platania after Xiphonia, Italy, a town near the type locality.
Noun
[edit]xiphonite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy, obsolete) A scoriaceous amphibole with yellow crystals.
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]xiphonite f (uncountable)
Further reading
[edit]- “xiphonite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.