eulytite
noun
eu·ly·tite
ˈyüləˌtīt
variants or less commonly eulytine
-ˌtēn,
-tᵊn
plural -s
: a mineral Bi4Si3O12 consisting of a bismuth silicate occurring usually in minute dark-brown or grayish tetrahedral crystals (specific gravity 6.11)
Word History
Etymology
eulytite from eulytine + -ite; eulytine from German eulytin, from Greek eulytos easily dissolved (from eu- + lytos soluble, from lyein to dissolve, release) + German -in -ine