rooseveltite
/ˈrəʊzəˌvɛltʌɪt/Mineralogy
noun
A rare mineral found as a white or grey crust in veinlets of cassiterite in Bolivia, Germany, and elsewhere.
- Rooseveltite is an arsenate of bismuth, BiAsO4. Crystal system: monoclinic..
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in American Mineralogist. From Spanish rooseveltita from the name of Franklin Delano Roosevelt + -ita.
- astraddle
- Astraea
- astragal
- astragalus
- astragate
- a straight face
- a straight fight
- astrakhan
- astral
- astral plane
- astral projection
- astrantia
- a straw in the wind
- astray
- astride
- astringency
- astringent
- astringently
- astro-
- astro-archaeologist
- astro-archaeology
- astrobiological
- astrobiologist
- astrobiology
- astroblast