choloalite

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English

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Etymology

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From Nahuatl choloa (evasive), because it was not found in the type locality mine for several years, +‎ -lite.

Noun

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choloalite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) An isometric dark green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and tellurium.

References

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Choloalite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • choloalite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  • choloa in the “Nahuatl Dictionary”, in Wired Humanities Project[2], 2016, archived from the original on 3 December 2016