MARIALITE


Meaning of MARIALITE in English

/meuh ree"euh luyt', mar"ee euh-/ , n. Mineral.

a member of the scapolite group, rich in sodium and containing no calcium.

[ 1850-55; Marialit; after Marie Rose, wife of Gerhard vom Rath, 19th-century German mineralogist; see -LITE ]

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