searlesite
English
Etymology
Searles + -ite, after John W. Searles, Californian pioneer.
Noun
searlesite (plural searlesites)
- (mineralogy) A sodium borosilicate mineral, an important ore of borax.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Searlesite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “searlesite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Anagrams
- easterlies