bicchulite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Bicchu + -lite. From Japanese 備中/備州 (備中/備州, “Bitchū/Bishū”); Named for the locality Bitchū, Okayama, Japan; where the Fuka mine is located, from which the mineral was discovered.
Noun
[edit]bicchulite
- (mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
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[edit]Translations
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Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Bicchulite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “bicchulite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.