pharmacolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine, poison”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for being an arsenic-bearing mineral.

Noun

pharmacolite (usually uncountable, plural pharmacolites)

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Pharmacolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“pharmacolite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

Anagrams

metaphorical

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