taaffeite

T1A1A1F4F4E1I1T1E1
UK/ˈtɑːfʌɪt/

noun

A rare mauve gemstone with a hexagonal crystal structure.

Scrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nountaaffeite (plural taaffeites)

plural taaffeites

  1. chemistryA rare mauve gemstone with a hexagonal crystal structure.

Origin

Taaffe + -ite, after Edward Charles Richard Taaffe (1898-1967), Irish gemmologist, who discovered it in a sample set of spinel from whence it was miscategorized

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

taaffeite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taaffeite

MLA

“taaffeite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taaffeite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taaffeite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taaffeite.

Source: taaffeite on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.