tainiolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its tabular crystal habit.

Noun

tainiolite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Tainiolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “tainiolite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.