websterite

[ web-stuh-rahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. aluminite.

Word History and Origins

Origin of websterite¹

Named after T. Webster, 19th-century Englishman; -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Against the eastern wall are deposited some beautiful varieties of branched native silver from Norway; Lady Chantrey's specimen of part of a coniferous tree, semi-opalised; and a mass of websterite from Newhaven, Sussex.

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