Definition
A pale blue or greenish-blue variety of turquoise mineral that was historically valued as a gemstone.
Etymology
From Greek 'kalais' meaning 'beautiful', influenced by ancient mineral naming conventions. Medieval lapidaries (texts about stones) used this term to distinguish a specific shade of turquoise, particularly gemstone-quality examples from certain regions.
Kelly Says
Ancient civilizations couldn't always explain why the same mineral came in different colors and qualities, so they invented different names for what we now know are just varieties of turquoise—calaite represents how observation preceded chemistry!
Translations
ARالعربية
كالاييت
ka-la-ai-yit
BNবাংলা
ক্যালেআইট
ka-la-ai-t
CACatalà
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
CSČeština
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
DADansk
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
DEDeutsch
Calaite
ka-la-ee-te
ELΕλληνικά
καλαΐτη
ka-la-ee-ti
ESEspañol
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
FISuomi
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
FRFrançais
calaite
ka-la-eet
HUMagyar
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
IDBahasa Indonesia
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
ITItaliano
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
MSBahasa Melayu
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
MYမြန်မာ
ကလာတိုက်
ka-la-toi-k
NLNederlands
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
NONorsk
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
PLPolski
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
PTPortuguês
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
RORomână
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
RUРусский
калаит
ka-la-it
SVSvenska
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
SWKiswahili
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
TAதமிழ்
காலாைட்
ka-la-ai-t
TEతెలుగు
కాలాైట్
ka-la-ai-t
TRTürkçe
calaite
ka-la-ee-te
UKУкраїнська
калаїт
ka-la-it
VITiếng Việt
calaite
ka-la-ee-te