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balipholite

balipholite noun: an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.

Noun

balipholite

  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
    • It covered all the structures of the main minerals specified in the teaching plan of mineralogy course. It also contains most of crystal structures first determined by Chinese scientists, such as Baotite, Bafertisite, Balipholite, Prehnite, Astrophyllite, […]1996, Abstracts: 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, China, 4-14 August 1996, volume 3
    • However, alkali and alkaline-earth cations can also occur in the carpholite-type structure; for example, balipholite […] has the carpholite structure (Peng et al. 1987).2004, Kimberly T. Tait, Frank C. Hawthorne, Joel D. Grice, John L. Jambor, William W. Pinch, Potassic-carpholite, a new mineral species from the Sawtooth batholith, Boise County, Idaho, USA

Origin of balipholite

For its composition of (BA)rium and (LI)thium, and from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for being a mineral. Claimed to also contain the Chinese word for fibrous. Likely, the -pho- is a reference to carpholite, which mineral group balipholite is closely related to.

Questions about balipholite

What does balipholite mean?
Balipholite means an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
What part of speech is balipholite?
Balipholite is a noun.

Words near balipholite in the dictionary

  1. Balintaugan
  2. balintawak
  3. balintawaks
  4. Balintore
  5. Balints
  6. balipholite
  7. Balire
  8. Balis
  9. balisage
  10. balisaur
  11. balisaurs

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