indialite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality India, +‎ -lite.

Noun

indialite (countable and uncountable, plural indialites)

1. (mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Indialite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “indialite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• initialed