amblygonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.

Word forms

amblygonite amblygonites

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “blunt, dull”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle, corner”) + -ite. By surface analysis, ambly- + -gon + -ite.

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