choloalite
English
Etymology
From Nahuatl choloa (“evasive”), because it was not found in the type locality mine for several years, + -lite.
Noun
choloalite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) An isometric dark green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and tellurium.
References
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Choloalite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “choloalite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
- choloa in the “Nahuatl Dictionary”, in Wired Humanities Project, 2016, archived from the original on 2016-12-03, retrieved 23 August 2016