Associations to the word «Selenite»

Wiktionary

SELENITE, noun. (mineralogy) A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O).
SELENITE, noun. (inorganic chemistry) The anion SeO32− derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid.
SELENITE, noun. (science fiction) An inhabitant of the Moon.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope