different between mullite vs mellite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Mull (Scotland) +? -ite.

Noun

mullite (countable and uncountable, plural mullites)

1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Mullite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “mullite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

English

Etymology

From Latin mell-, stem of mel (“honey”) +? -ite

Noun

mellite (countable and uncountable, plural mellites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Mellite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “mellite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• Meillet

French

Noun

mellite f (plural mellites)

1. (mineralogy) mellite

Italian

Etymology 1

miele +? -lite

Noun

mellite f (plural melliti)

1. (mineralogy) honeystone, mellite

Etymology 2

Adjective

mellite

1. feminine plural of mellito

Latin

Adjective

mell?te

1. vocative masculine singular of mell?tus