pharmacolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine, poison”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for being an arsenic-bearing mineral.

Noun

pharmacolite (usually uncountable, plural pharmacolites)

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.

Further reading

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

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