marialite

[ muh-ree-uh-lahyt, mar-ee-uh- ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. a member of the scapolite group, rich in sodium and containing no calcium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of marialite¹

1850–55; < German Marialit; after Marie Rose, wife of Gerhard vom Rath, 19th-century German mineralogist; -lite