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)
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Pharmacolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “pharmacolite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Anagrams
- metaphorical