apachite

noun

apach·​ite

əˈpaˌchīt

plural -s

: a phonolitic rock containing abundant amphibole and aenigmatite associated with the pyroxene and microperthite as the feldspar

Word History

Etymology

German apachit, from Apache mountains, Texas, its locality + German -it -ite

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