anhydrite

English

Etymology

an- +‎ hydro- +‎ -ite

Noun

anhydrite (countable and uncountable, plural anhydrites)

(mineralogy) A saline evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium sulfate (gypsum).

Translations

saline evaporite

Catalan: anhidrita f
Finnish: anhydriitti (fi)
French: anhydrite (fr) m
German: Anhydrit (de) m
Greek: ανυδρίτης (el) m (anydrítis)

Japanese: 硬石膏 (こうせっこう, kōsekkō)
Portuguese: anidrita f, anidrito m, anidrite f
Spanish: anhidrita f
Tagalog: anidrita

Further reading

“Anhydrite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“anhydrite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

French

Noun

anhydrite m (plural anhydrites)

(mineralogy) anhydrite

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