pachnolite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πάχνη (pákhnē, “frost”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for being a mineral close in appearance to ice crystals.
Noun
[edit]pachnolite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Pachnolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “pachnolite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.