chlorastrolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”) + ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) (in allusion to its appearance) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Noun

chlorastrolite (countable and uncountable, plural chlorastrolites)

(mineralogy) A green or bluish variety of pumpellyite.

Further reading

“chlorastrolite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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