andalousite

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

andalousite

term created by the mineralogist Jean-Claude Delamétherie in 1798. Dedicated to Andalusia, the supposed origin of the samples studied by Delamétherie, although these samples actually came from El Cardoso, a locality in the province of Guadalajara, and not from Andalusia as the author believed.

Definition

minéralogie

Synonyms

andalusiteandaluziteapyrefeldspath apyrecrucitejamesonitelohestitemaclemicaphyllitespath adamantinstanzaïte

Plural

andalousites

Translations

  • germangerman:Andalusit
  • englishenglish:andalusite
  • spanishspanish:andalucita
  • hebrewhebrew:אנדלוזיט
  • italianitalian:andalusite
  • japanesejapanese:紅柱石
  • dutchdutch:andalusiet
  • polishpolish:andaluzyt
  • portugueseportuguese:andaluzite
  • russianrussian:андалузит
  • swedishswedish:andalusit
  • ukrainianukrainian:андалузит

See also

andalou (cn.) andalou (adj.) andalousisme (cn.) andalousien (adj.)