haüynite

[ ah-wee-nahyt ]

noun

1. a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.

Word History and Origins

Origin of haüynite¹

1865–70; < French haüyne ( Haüy + - ( i ) ne -ine ¹, after R. Haüy (1743–1822), French mineralogist) + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

She even incorporated stones not typically used in jewelry—a challenge for her setters—among them the ring’s electric-blue hauynite.

From Architectural Digest