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- Ancient Greek · derived fromφλογωπός“fiery-looking”
- German · derived fromPhlogopit
- English todayphlogopite
From German Phlogopit, from Ancient Greek φλογωπός (phlogōpós, “fiery-looking”) + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
phlogopite
Today it means: A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂, a basic potassium magnesium aluminosilicate, used as an insulator Full definition →
German Phlogopit ← Ancient Greek φλογωπός