mariposite
/marɪˈpəʊsʌɪt/Mineralogy
noun
A variety of phengite (muscovite) that contains a relatively high proportion of silica and some chromium and is found as green or greenish-yellow crystals.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Silliman. From the name of Mariposa county, California + -ite.
- bendability
- bendable
- bend double
- bender
- Bendigo
- bendiness
- bendlet
- bend one's elbow
- bend (or bow) the (or one's) knee
- bend (or fall or lean) over backwards
- bend over backwards
- bend sinister
- bend someone's ear
- bendy
- bendy bus
- beneath
- beneath contempt
- benedicite
- Benedictine
- benediction
- benedictory
- Benedict's reagent
- Benedict's solution
- Benedict, St
- Benedictus