Well attestedNamed from the place
salite
noun · first attested 1800
Named by the Brazilian statesman who also discovered lithium's mineral while working in Sweden.
An obsolete name for an iron bearing variety of diopside, now treated as diopside.
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1800
- Part of speech
- noun
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Sala
- In English
salite
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva described salite in 1800 from the silver mine at Sala in Västmanland, during the years he spent studying mineralogy in northern Europe. He later returned to Brazil and became the central figure in its independence. The name, also spelled sahlite, is no longer a valid species.
Sweden
All 11 entries 10 more words from Sweden
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