picropharmacolite
English
editEtymology
editFor its composition: from Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) in allusion to its magnesium content and φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine, poison”) for its arsenic content, with the mineral suffix from λίθος (líthos, “stone”). It is similar but not closely related to pharmacolite.
Noun
editpicropharmacolite
- (mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
Further reading
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Picropharmacolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “picropharmacolite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.