A type of fossilized or mineralized material resembling alabaster, or historical deposits of alabaster-like stone formations.
From alabaster with the mineral suffix -ite, commonly used in mineralogy and geology to denote types of stone or fossilized materials. The -ites ending comes from Greek lithos (stone).
Geologists use -ite endings to categorize rocks the way biologists use Latin names for species—it's like a secret scientific language where the ending tells you what the rock is made of!
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