microlite

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ -lite.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: microlight

Noun

microlite (plural microlites)

1. (mineralogy) A basic fluoride of sodium, calcium, tantalum and niobium that is isomorphous with pyrochlore
2. (archaeology) A microlith

Derived terms

(mineralogy):

• bariomicrolite
• bismutomicrolite
• microlitic
• plumbomicrolite
• stibiomicrolite

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• microtile

French

Noun

microlite m (plural microlites)

1. microlite

Further reading

• “microlite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.