eulytite

noun

eu·​ly·​tite

ˈyüləˌtīt

variants or less commonly eulytine

-ˌtēn,

-tᵊn

plural -s

: a mineral Bi₄Si₃O₁₂ consisting of a bismuth silicate occurring usually in minute dark-brown or grayish tetrahedral crystals (specific gravity 6.11)

Word History

Etymology

eulytite from eulytine + -ite; eulytine from German eulytin, from Greek eulytos easily dissolved (from eu- + lytos soluble, from lyein to dissolve, release) + German -in -ine

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