ardaite

English

Etymology

From Arda +‎ -ite, after the Arda river in southeastern Europe.

Noun

ardaite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic green gray mineral containing antimony, chlorine, lead, and sulfur.

References

• Breskovska V. V., N. N. Mozgova, N. S. Bortnikov, A. I. Gorshkov, A. I. Tzepin (1982): Ardaite, a new lead-antimony chlorsulphosalt. Mineral. Mag., 46, 357-361.
• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Ardaite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “ardaite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• airdate, idea art, radiate, tiaraed