mullite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Mull (Scotland) +‎ -ite.

Noun

mullite (countable and uncountable, plural mullites)

  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Mullite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “mullite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Spanish

Verb

mullite

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mullir combined with te
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