pharmacolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine, poison”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for being an arsenic-bearing mineral.

Noun

pharmacolite (usually uncountable, plural pharmacolites)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• metaphorical