chlorastrolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”) + ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) (in allusion to its appearance) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Noun

chlorastrolite (countable and uncountable, plural chlorastrolites)

1. (mineralogy) A green or bluish variety of pumpellyite.

Further reading

• “chlorastrolite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.