chiolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its resemblance to cryolite (also Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “cold”)).

Noun

chiolite

1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, and sodium.

Translations

a mineral of aluminum, fluorine and sodium

• Finnish: kioliitti
• Portuguese: quiolita f

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• eolithic