pachnolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάχνη (pákhnē, “frost”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for being a mineral close in appearance to ice crystals.

Noun

pachnolite

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.

Further reading

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

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