anhydrite

anhydrite

English

Etymology

an- +‎ hydro- +‎ -ite

Noun

anhydrite (countable and uncountable, plural anhydrites)

1. (mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.

Hypernyms

• calcium sulphate
• mineral
• sulphate

 

Coordinate terms

• gypsum

 

Translations

saline evaporite

Afrikaans: anhidriet Catalan: anhidrita f Finnish: anhydriitti (fi) French: anhydrite (fr) m German: Anhydrit (de) m Greek: ανυδρίτης (el) m (anydrítis) Japanese: 硬石膏 (こうせっこう, kōsekkō) Portuguese: anidrita f, anidrito m, anidrite f Spanish: anhidrita f Tagalog: anidrita

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Anhydrite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “anhydrite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

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French

Noun

anhydrite f (plural anhydrites)

1. (mineralogy) anhydrite