raspite

English

Etymology

Named after Mr. Charles Rasp (1846-1907), a German-Australian prospector and the discoverer of the Broken Hill deposit, where raspite was first found

Rasp + -ite

Noun

raspite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing lead, oxygen, and tungsten.

References

“Raspite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.

Anagrams

@ parties, Pirates, Prestia, airstep, eartips, parties, pastier, piaster, piastre, pirates, praties, rapiest, tapiser, traipse

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /raspˈite/

Verb

raspite

past adverbial passive participle of raspi

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rasˈpite/

Verb

raspite

adverbial past passive participle of raspar

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