chiastolite
English
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Chiastolite
Etymology
Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmós, “marked with an X”) derived from χι (khi, “Greek letter X khi”) + -lite. So called from the resemblance of the crosscuts of its crystals to the Greek letter chi.
Noun
chiastolite (countable and uncountable, plural chiastolites)
- (mineralogy) An aluminosilicate mineral having carbon inclusions, a variety of andalusite.
Synonyms
- macle
Derived terms
- chiastolite slate
Translations
mineral
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Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Chiastolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “chiastolite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.