trippkeite

[After Dr. Paul Trippke, the mineralogist; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A mineral of uncertain chemical compo Trip-o-line, a. [See def.] 1. Of or pertaining to Tripoli, a state and city in sition, occurring in small, brilliant crystals with North Africa. 2. Pertaining to the mineral tripoli. olivenite, in cavities in cuprite, at Copiapo, Chili. Crystallization, tetragonal; color, bluish green. A pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-1469.png:[blocks in formation] trip-sis, s. (Gr., from tribō =to rub.] *1. Ord. Lang.: The act of reducing a substance to powder; trituration. 2. Med .: The proce of shampooing (q.v.). trip-ter-ous, a. [TRIPTERUS.) Three-winged. (Said of a leaf.)