pachnolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάχνη (pákhnē, “frost”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for being a mineral close in appearance to ice crystals.

Noun

pachnolite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.

Further reading

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

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