mellite
/ˈmɛlʌɪt/Mineralogy
noun
Hydrated aluminium mellitate, Al2[C6(COO)6].18H2O, a tetragonal mineral occurring naturally as honey-yellow crystals, especially in lignite.
- First found in seams of lignite in Thuringia, Germany..
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts. From post-classical Latin mellites (J. F. Gmelin in Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 13, 1793) III. 282) from classical Latin mell-, mel honey + -ītēs, after German Honigstein.