cryptohalite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, nitrogen, and silicon.

Word forms

cryptohalite

Etymology

From crypto- + halite, because it was mixed in with salammoniac in the type locality. + -ite.

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