amblygonite

See also: Amblygonite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “blunt, dull”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle, corner”) +‎ -ite

Noun

amblygonite (countable and uncountable, plural amblygonites)

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

Translations

a mineral that is an important ore of lithium

• Finnish: amblygoniitti
• Polish: ambligonit (pl) m
• Portuguese: ambligonita f, ambligonite f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Amblygonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “amblygonite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.