a scapolite, Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3, that is isomorphous with marialite
meionite in American English
(ˈmaiəˌnait)
noun
Mineralogy
a member of the scapolite group, rich in calcium and containing no sodium
Word origin
[1800–10; ‹ Gk meíōn less + -ite1; cf. F méionite]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chlorine, gong, hike, jumbo, studio-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader,doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite)