chessylite Min.
(ˈtʃɛsɪlaɪt)
[f. Chessy, near Lyons + -lite.]
A synonym of azurite, the blue carbonate of copper. Also called chessy copper.
| 1852 Brooke & Miller Min. 594 Chessylite, blue carbonate of copper. 1854 Dana 459. 1936 Amer. Mineralogist XXI. 191 Your Committee and the British Committee both recommend the following names and spellings of mineral species. The names to be discarded are placed in parentheses... Azurite (chessylite). 1953 Mineral. Abstr. XII. 203 Rosettes of minute crystals of chessylite are found. |