The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄττακος“salmon”
- English todayattakolite
From Ancient Greek ἄττακος (áttakos, “salmon”) + -lite, for its color.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
attakolite
Today it means: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, and strontium. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἄττακος