castellite
Appearance
See also: Castellite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Castelli + -ite, from the surname of its discoverer, Herr Bergverwalter Castelli.
Noun
[edit]castellite (plural castellites)
- A clear yellow form of the crystalline mineral titanite or sphene, occurring in very small, thin, tubular crystals.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Titanite, a description of the mineral castellite. Accessed online August 7, 2007.
- Castellite: a form of sphene. Accessed online August 7, 2007.
- Brande, William Thomas, editor (1867), A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art[1], volume 1, George William Cox, London: Longmans, Green and co., page 387
- Chester, Albert Huntington (1896) “castellite”, in A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals Including Their History and Etymology[2], New York, London: J. Wiley & Sons, Chapman & Hall, →OCLC, page 48