micarelle
/ˈmʌɪkərɛl/Mineralogy. Now chiefly historical
noun
Pinite, a form of mica pseudomorphous after scapolite. Formerly also: †scapolite itself (obsolete ).
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Richard Kirwan (1733–1812), chemist and mineralogist. Irregularly from mica + -elle, with insertion of -r- apparently for euphony; compare later aquarelle.