andalusite

English

Etymology

From Andalusia +‎ -ite, after the erroneous belief that it was from Andalusia.

Noun

andalusite (countable and uncountable, plural andalusites)

1. (mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, which can be cut into a gem and displays strong pleochroism, shifting between red, green, and yellow.

Translations

mineral

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅柱石 / 红柱石 (zh) (hóngzhùshí)

• Dutch: andalusiet ?
• Finnish: andalusiitti
• French: andalousite (fr) f
• Galician: andalucita (gl) f
• German: Andalusit (de) m
• Italian: andalusite f
• Polish: andaluzyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: andaluzita f, andalusita f
• Russian: андалузи́т (ru) m (andaluzít)
• Spanish: andalucita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Andalusite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “andalusite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Italian

Noun

andalusite f (invariable)

1. (mineralogy) andalusite

Anagrams

• adulantesi