Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
anhydrite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
anhydrite .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy, archaic
anhydrite
Etymologies
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Karsten + -ite
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Other names for the species are muriacite and karstenite; the former, an earlier name, being given under the impression that the substance was a chloride (muriate).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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