chiolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its resemblance to cryolite (also Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “cold”)).

Noun

chiolite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, and sodium.

Further reading

“Chiolite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“chiolite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Translations

a mineral of aluminum, fluorine and sodium

Portuguese: quiolita f

Anagrams

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