leucophanite

English

Etymology

Originally named Leukophan (1840) by the Norwegian mineralogist Jens Esmark, in allusion to its whitish color, from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”). The suffix -ite, added later, is used to form nouns denoting minerals.

Noun

leucophanite (countable and uncountable, plural leucophanites)

  1. (mineralogy) A sorosilicate mineral that occurs in pegmatites and alkali igneous complexes as yellow, greenish or white triclinic crystals.

Further reading

  • “Leucophanite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • leucophanite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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