mullite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Mull (Scotland) +‎ -ite.

Noun

mullite (countable and uncountable, plural mullites)

  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading
  • “Mullite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “mullite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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