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)

  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Carpholite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “carpholite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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