hyalophane

English

Etymology

From hyalo- (glass) +‎ -phane (“appearing”).

Noun

hyalophane (countable and uncountable, plural hyalophanes)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic crystalline mineral, a barium-rich potassium feldspar.

Synonyms

• jaloallofane

Further reading

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