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Oxalate vs Oxalite - What's the difference?

oxalate | oxalite |

As nouns the difference between oxalate and oxalite

is that oxalate is any salt or ester of oxalic acid while oxalite is a yellow mineral, one of the oxalates of iron.

oxalate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.

    • Derived terms

    * cadmium oxalate * plumbic oxalate ----

    oxalite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A yellow mineral, one of the oxalates of iron.
    • (Webster 1913)