alushtite

noun

alush·​tite

əˈləshˌtīt,

ˈalə̇sh-

plural -s

: a mineral consisting of a hydrous aluminum silicate and occurring in bluish or greenish claylike crusts and veins

Word History

Etymology

Russian alushtit, from Alushta, town in the Crimea, its locality + Russian -it -ite

First Known Use

circa 1928, in the meaning defined above

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