menilite

English

Etymology

French ménilite, because it is found at Ménilmontant, in Paris.

Noun

menilite (plural menilites)

1. (mineralogy) An opal.

Further reading

• “menilite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “menilite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• ilmenite, line item, melinite, time line, time-line, timeline