chiastolite

English
Chiastolite

Etymology

Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmós, “marked with an X”) derived from χι (khi, “Greek letter X khi”) +‎ -lite. So called from the resemblance of the crosscuts of its crystals to the Greek letter chi.

Noun

chiastolite (countable and uncountable, plural chiastolites)

  1. (mineralogy) An aluminosilicate mineral having carbon inclusions, a variety of andalusite.

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Further reading
  • “Chiastolite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “chiastolite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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