carpholiten.
/ˈkɑːfəlʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese, occurring in silky fibres of a straw-yellow colour, in the tin mines of Schlackenwald.
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1844 F. Alger Phillips's Elem. Treat. Mineral. (ed. 5) 18.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 419.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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