mellite

From Latin mell-, stem of mel (“honey”) +‎ -ite.

mellite (countable and uncountable, plural mellites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone.

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Mellite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “mellite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

• Meillet

mellite f (plural mellites)

1. (mineralogy) mellite

• “mellite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From miele +‎ -lite.

mellite f (plural melliti)

1. (mineralogy) honeystone, mellite

mellite

1. feminine plural of mellito

• Metelli

mellīte

1. vocative masculine singular of mellītus