vulpinite
English
Etymology
Costa Volpino (“a place name in Italy”) + -ite (“a mineral”)
Noun
vulpinite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish-white colour, used for ornamental purposes.
Further reading
- “vulpinite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
- vulpinite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913