castellite
See also: Castellite
English
Etymology
Castelli + -ite, from the surname of its discoverer, Herr Bergverwalter Castelli.
Noun
castellite (plural castellites)
- A clear yellow form of the crystalline mineral titanite or sphene, occurring in very small, thin, tubular crystals.
Related terms
- titanite
- sphene
References
- Titanite, a description of the mineral castellite. Accessed online August 7, 2007.
- Castellite: a form of sphene. Accessed online August 7, 2007.
- A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art, volume 1, George William Cox, London: Longmans, Green and co., 1867, page 387
- Chester, Albert Huntington (1896), “castellite”, in A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals Including Their History and Etymology, New York, London: J. Wiley & Sons, Chapman & Hall, OCLC 594214757, page 48