karlite
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after German professor of mineralogy and petrology at Christian Albrechts University, Dr. Franz Karl (1918–1972), + -ite.
Noun
[edit]karlite
- (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Karlite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “karlite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.