cyanophyllite
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κυανός (kuanós, “blue-green”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) for its color and crystal habit, + -ite.
Noun edit
cyanophyllite
- (mineralogy, outdated) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal greenish blue mineral containing aluminum, antimony, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen. A polytype of cualstibite, and discredited for such in 2012.
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Cyanophyllite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “Cualstibite-1M”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.