carpholite
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos, “straw”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for its appearance of long, slender crystallization and color.
Noun
carpholite (countable and uncountable, plural carpholites)
- (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
Derived terms
- ferrocarpholite
- magnesiocarpholite
- vanadiocarpholite
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Carpholite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “carpholite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Anagrams
- arctophile, cartophile