chlorastrolite
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”) + ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) (in allusion to its appearance) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
Noun
chlorastrolite (countable and uncountable, plural chlorastrolites)
- (mineralogy) A green or bluish variety of pumpellyite.
Further reading
- “chlorastrolite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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