chiolite

From Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its resemblance to cryolite (also Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “cold”)).

chiolite (countable and uncountable, plural chiolites)

1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, and sodium.

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Chiolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “chiolite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

• eolithic