carpholite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos, “straw”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for its appearance of long, slender crystallization and color.
Noun[edit]
carpholite (countable and uncountable, plural carpholites)
- (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
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Further reading[edit]
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Carpholite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “carpholite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.