Well attestedNamed from the place
gilalite
noun · first attested 1980
Green needles of it grow inside quartz crystals and are sold as medusa quartz.
A hydrous copper silicate.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1980
- Part of speech
- noun
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Gila County
- In English
gilalite
Gilalite was described in 1980 from the Christmas copper mine in Gila County, Arizona, and named for the county rather than the mine. Type material went to the Natural History Museum in London. Included fibers of gilalite in Brazilian quartz are cut as gems under the trade name medusa or paraiba quartz.
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