Definition
A tetragonal manganese zinc silicate mineral with a honey-yellow to greenish color, found in metamorphic rocks and valued by collectors.
Etymology
Derived from Helvetia (Switzerland), with the mineral -ite suffix indicating a mineral species. The -ite ending is one of the most common suffixes in mineralogy, used to name thousands of mineral varieties.
Kelly Says
Helvite crystals often fluoresce under ultraviolet light, glowing with an eerie blue-white color—this property makes specimens hunt-able by collectors with UV lamps in the dark!
Translations
ARالعربية
هيلفيت
hay-lif-it
CACatalà
helvita
el-vee-tah
CSČeština
helvit
hel-veet
DEDeutsch
Helvit
hel-veet
ELΕλληνικά
χελβίτης
chel-vee-tes
ESEspañol
helvita
el-vee-tah
FRFrançais
helvite
el-veeht
HEעברית
הלביט
he-lee-beet
HIहिन्दी
हेल्विट
hel-veet
IDBahasa Indonesia
helvit
hel-vit
ITItaliano
helvite
el-vee-teh
MSBahasa Melayu
helvit
hel-vit
MYမြန်မာ
ဟယ်လ်ဗီတ
hel-vee-ta
NLNederlands
helvite
hel-vee-te
PTPortuguês
helvita
el-vee-tah
RUРусский
хельвит
khel-vit
SVSvenska
helvit
hel-veet
SWKiswahili
helvit
hel-vit
TAதமிழ்
ஹெல்வின்
hel-veen
TEతెలుగు
హెల్విట్
hel-veet
UKУкраїнська
хельвіт
khel-vit
VITiếng Việt
helvit
hel-vit