radiolite etymology

English word radiolite comes from English radio-, English -lite (Used to form names of rocks and minerals.)

Detailed word origin of radiolite

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
radio- English (eng) (anatomy) radius (bone). (geometry) radius. Radiation. Radio (broadcasting).
-lite English (eng) Used to form names of rocks and minerals.
radiolite English (eng) (geology) A form of igneous rock that has a radial, fanlike texture of crystals; a hippurite.

Words with the same origin as radiolite

Descendants of radio-
radioactive
Descendants of -lite
abukumalite acadialite chiasmus danalite dendrolite foralite francolite grapholite heliolite hematolite lepidolite malacolite meteorolite ottrelite paranatrolite phytolite pisolite praseolite retinalite ripidolite scorzalite thinolite turrilite umbalite