pachnolite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek πάχνη (pákhnē, “frost”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for being a mineral close in appearance to ice crystals.
Noun[edit]
pachnolite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
Further reading[edit]
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Pachnolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “pachnolite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.