Etymology

balipholite

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Today it means: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λίθος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλίθος“stone”
  2. English todaybalipholite

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.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλίθος all →

lithiumlithiamegalithnephriteareniliticijolitekhmaralitekozulite-litelithectasylithopedionLithosianlithotecnon

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