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melilite Min.|ˈmɛlɪlaɪt|
Also mellilite.
[a. F. mélilite (Delamétherie 1795), mod.L. melilithus, f. Gr. µέλι honey + λίθος stone: see -lite.]
1. A silicate of calcium, aluminium and other bases, found in honey-yellow crystals.
1821Jameson Man. Min. 325 Mellilite... Strikes fire with steel. 1823W. Phillips Introd. Min. (ed. 3) 208 Melilite..has only been found at Capo di Bove near Rome, in the fissures of a compact black lava. 1836T. Thomson Min., Geol., etc. I. 207 Mellilite. 1879Rutley Stud. Rocks xiii. 255 Apatite,..melilite and garnet are among the more common accessory minerals [in nepheline basalt].
2. = mellite (after Kirwan).
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. II. 68 Mellilite, Honigstein, of Werner. 1821Jameson Man. Min. 296 Pyramidal Mellilite, or Honeystone. 1837Dana Syst. Min. 438 Mellite..Mellilite. Honey Stone. |