STAUROLITE


Meaning of STAUROLITE in English

[stau.ro.lite] n [F, fr. Gk stauros cross + F -lite--more at steer] (ca. 1815): a mineral consisting of a basic silicate of iron and aluminum in prismatic orthorhombic crystals often twinned so as to resemble a cross -- stau.ro.lit.ic adj

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