schiller
See also: Schiller
English
Etymology
From German Schiller (“shimmer”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
Noun
schiller (usually uncountable, plural schillers)
- (mineralogy) A lustre, similar to sheen, observed in certain minerals, such as hypersthene or labradorite, due to the presence of minute parallel inclusions.
Derived terms
References
- Mindat
- “schiller”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.