The story
- Latin · derived fromRhaetia
- English todayrhaetizite
So called from Latin Rhaetia, Raetia (“the Rhetian Alps”), where it is found, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rhaetizite
Today it means: A variety of the mineral kyanite. Full definition →
Latin Rhaetia