challacolloite

English

Etymology

Challacollo Mine, Iquique, Chile, +‎ -ite.

Noun

challacolloite (countable and uncountable, plural challacolloites)

1. (mineralogy) A rare monoclinic halide mineral with the chemical formula KPb₂Cl₅ that occurs as white encrustations on lava.

Further reading

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