Meanings
nouncrossite (countable and uncountable, plural crossites)
plural crossites
- countableuncountablechemistryAn inosilicate double-chain sodic amphibole mineral of the riebeckite group, now discredited.
Origin
From Cross + -ite, after the American petrologist Charles Whitman Cross.
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APA
crossite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossite
MLA
“crossite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossite.
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