choloalite

English

Etymology

From Nahuatl choloa (“evasive”), because it was not found in the type locality mine for several years, +‎ -lite.

Noun

choloalite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) An isometric dark green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and tellurium.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Choloalite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “choloalite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
• choloa in the “Nahuatl Dictionary”, in Wired Humanities Project‎^[2], 2016, archived from the original on 3 December 2016