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andalusite

andalusite noun: an aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, which can be cut into a gem and displays strong pleochroism, shifting between red, green, and yellow.

Noun

andalusite (countable and uncountable, plural andalusites)

  1. An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, which can be cut into a gem and displays strong pleochroism, shifting between red, green, and yellow.

Forms of andalusite

pluralandalusites

Origin of andalusite

From Andalusia + -ite, after the erroneous belief that it was from Andalusia.

Words formed from andalusite

Questions about andalusite

What does andalusite mean?
Andalusite means an aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, which can be cut into a gem and displays strong pleochroism, shifting between red, green, and yellow.
What part of speech is andalusite?
Andalusite is a noun.
What is the plural of andalusite?
The plural of andalusite is andalusites.

Words near andalusite in the dictionary

  1. Andalusian Arabic
  2. Andalusian cadence
  3. Andalusianness
  4. Andalusians
  5. Andalusis
  6. andalusite
  7. andalusites
  8. andalusitic
  9. Andalyp
  10. Andaman
  11. Andaman and Nicobar

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