Dictionary - Definition of MELLITE

Definition: MELLITE


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate of alumina.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Mellite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Mellite \Mel"lite\, noun. [Latin expression mel, mellis, honey: compare to the French expression mellite.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: MELLITE

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] Honey stone; a mineral of a honey color,found only in very minute regular crystals.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Mining	A tetragonal mineral, Al2 [C6 (COO)6 ].16H2 O; resinous; honey yellow; forms nodules in brown coal. Also spelled melinite, mellilite. (Not melite.) Syn: honey stone. (references)
Wikipedic	Mellite is an unusual mineral being also an organic chemical. Chemically identified as Aluminium mellitate, that is, Aluminium benzene hexacarboxylate hydrate, formula Al2C6(COO)6. 18H2O. (references)
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Extended Definition: MELLITE

Mellite

Mellite, also called honeystone, is an unusual mineral being also an organic chemical. Chemically identified as an aluminium salt of mellitic acid; that is, aluminium benzene hexacarboxylate hydrate, with the chemical formula Al₂C₆(COO)₆·16H₂O ↔ Al₂O₃·C₆(COOH)₆·13H₂O ↔ C₆[Al₂(COO)₆·3H₂O]·13H₂O.

It is a translucent honey-coloured crystal which can be polished and faceted to form striking gemstones. It crystallizes in the tetragonal system and occurs both in good crystals and as formless masses. It is soft with a Mohs hardness of 2 to 2.5 and has a low specific gravity of 1.6.

It was discovered originally in 1789 at Artern in Thuringia in Germany it has subsequently also been found in Russia, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.

It is found associated with lignite and is assumed to be formed from plant material. Although chemically different it is in many ways analogous to amber which is formed the same way.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Mellite". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: MELLITE
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Translations: MELLITE

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Français	mellite (melitum, honey sirup, mellite, mellitum, honey). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, mellite. (volunteer & more translations)
French	mellite (melitum, honey sirup, mellite, mellitum, honey). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, mellite. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu	شہد کے رنگ کا پتھر (mellilite, mellite). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, mellite. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).		Top

Language	Translations for “mellite” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag	mathagellathagite (mellite). Additional references: Athag, mellite. (volunteer)
Double Dutch	magellagite (mellite). Additional references: Double Dutch, mellite. (volunteer)
Leet	\|\/\|&\|_\|_1-\|-& (mellite). Additional references: Leet, mellite. (volunteer)
Oppish	mopellopite (mellite). Additional references: Oppish, mellite. (volunteer)
Pig Latin	ellitemay (mellite). Additional references: Pig Latin, mellite. (volunteer)
Terran B	mellite (melitum, mellite, mellitum). Additional references: Terran B, mellite. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi	mubellubite (mellite). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, mellite. (volunteer)
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