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Mullite vs Mellite - What's the difference?

mullite | mellite |

In mineralogy terms the difference between mullite and mellite

is that mullite is an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and silicon while mellite is an mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone.

mullite

English

Noun

  • (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and silicon.

    • References

    * Mullite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Mullite.shtml]

    mellite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia mellite) (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) An mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone
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