gyrolite

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noun

A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

OriginAncient Greek γύρος →
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Meanings

noungyrolite (countable and uncountable, plural gyrolites)

plural gyrolites

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekγύρος“ring, circle”
  2. Englishgyrolite

From gyro- + -lite, from Ancient Greek γύρος (gúros, “ring, circle”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for its round crystalline nodules.

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