tainiolite
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its tabular crystal habit.
Noun edit
tainiolite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Tainiolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “tainiolite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.