Definition
A mineral containing didymium or having twinned crystal structures, related to rare earth minerals.
Etymology
From 'didym-' (relating to didymium or twinned structures) plus '-lite' (mineral), following mineralogical nomenclature where '-lite' indicates a stone or mineral.
Kelly Says
Mineral names ending in '-lite' are often misnomers—'didymolite' might have been named for containing didymium or appearing didymous, but many such minerals were renamed once chemists realized what they actually contained, leaving confusing fossils in mineralogical literature.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ዲዲሞይድ
dee-dee-moy-d
ARالعربية
جسم ثنائي
jasam thanai
CACatalà
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
CSČeština
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
DADansk
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
DEDeutsch
Didymolith
dee-dee-moh-lith
ELΕλληνικά
διδιμοειδής
dee-dee-mo-ee-des
ESEspañol
didimolita
dee-dee-moh-lee-tah
FAفارسی
دیdimethyoid
dee-dee-mey-moid
FISuomi
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
FRFrançais
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
GUGU
દિદિમોઈડ
dee-dee-moy-d
HAHA
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
HEעברית
דידימואיד
dee-dee-mo-aid
HIहिन्दी
द्वि-बीज
dwi-beej
HUMagyar
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
IDBahasa Indonesia
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
IGIG
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
ITItaliano
didimolite
dee-dee-moh-lee-teh
JA日本語
ディディモライト
di-di-mo-raito
KKKK
дидимолит
dee-dee-moh-lit
KMKM
ឌីឌីម៉ូអីដ
dee-dee-mo-ee-d
KO한국어
디디모라이트
dee-dee-mo-ra-ite
MRMR
दिदिमोइड
dee-dee-moy-d
MSBahasa Melayu
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
MYမြန်မာ
ဒီဒီမိုက်
dee-dee-moy-k
NLNederlands
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
NONorsk
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
PAPA
ਦਿਡਿਮੋਇਡ
dee-dee-moy-d
PLPolski
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
PTPortuguês
didimolita
dee-dee-moh-lee-tah
RORomână
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
RUРусский
дидимолит
dee-dee-moh-lit
SVSvenska
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
SWKiswahili
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
TEతెలుగు
ద్విబీజ
dwi-beej
THไทย
ดีดีโมไลต์
dee-dee-moy-lait
TLTL
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
TRTürkçe
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
UKУкраїнська
дидимоліт
dee-dee-mo-lit
URاردو
ڈیڈیمائڈ
dee-dee-may-d
VITiếng Việt
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
YOYO
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet
ZH中文
双胞胎状石
shuāng bāo tāi zhàng shí
ZUZU
didymolite
dee-dee-moh-leet