challacolloite
English
Etymology
Challacollo Mine, Iquique, Chile, + -ite.
Noun
challacolloite (countable and uncountable, plural challacolloites)
- (mineralogy) A rare monoclinic halide mineral with the chemical formula KPb2Cl5 that occurs as white encrustations on lava.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Challacolloite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “challacolloite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.