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billitonite Min.|ˈbɪlɪtənaɪt|
[G. (Suess 1901, in Jahrb. d. K.K. Geol. Reichsanstalt 1900 L. 194), f. Billiton the name of an Indonesian island + -ite1 2 b.]
A form of tektite found in the East Indies.
1909Sollas tr. Suess's Face of Earth IV. v. xv, The acid felspar rocks of the earth are represented among the meteorites..by the once completely molten tektites (Moldavite, Australite, Billitonite). 1944Palache et al. Dana's Syst. Min. (ed. 7) 121 Tektites..include..the billitonites of the East Indies. |