chiastolite
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek χιασμός (khiasmós, “marked with an X”) derived from χι (khi, “Greek letter X khi”) + -lite. So called from the resemblance of the crosscuts of its crystals to the Greek letter chi.
Noun
editchiastolite (countable and uncountable, plural chiastolites)
- (mineralogy) An aluminosilicate mineral having carbon inclusions, a variety of andalusite.
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Further reading
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Chiastolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “chiastolite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.