eztlite

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English

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Etymology

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From Nahuatl eztli (“blood”), for the mineral's appearance, +‎ -ite.

Noun

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eztlite

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic blood-red mineral with the chemical formula Pb2+2Fe3+3(Te4+ O3)3(SO4)O2Cl.

Further reading

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