bassanite
English
Noun
bassanite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.
Further reading
- “Bassanite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “bassanite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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