triphylite

noun

triph·​y·​lite

ˈtrifəˌlīt

variants or less commonly triphyline

-lēn,

-lə̇n

plural -s

: a grayish green or bluish orthorhombic phosphate of lithium, iron, and manganese isomorphous with lithiophilite and commonly massive

Word History

Etymology

triphylite alteration (influenced by -ite) of triphyline, from German triphylin, from tri- + phyl- + -in -ine; from its three bases

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