sonolite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Sono Mine (in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) +‎ -lite.

Noun

sonolite

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading

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

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