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

• ferrocarpholite
• magnesiocarpholite
• vanadiocarpholite

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Carpholite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “carpholite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• arctophile, cartophile