pharmacolite

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine, poison”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for being an arsenic-bearing mineral.

Noun

pharmacolite (usually uncountable, plural pharmacolites)

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.

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