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)
- (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 mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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