bassanite

English

Noun

bassanite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.

Further reading
  • “Bassanite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “bassanite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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