carpholite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos, “straw”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for its appearance of long, slender crystallization and color.

Noun

carpholite (countable and uncountable, plural carpholites)

  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

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Further reading
  • “Carpholite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “carpholite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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