cyanophyllite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυανός (kuanós, “blue-green”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) for its color and crystal habit, +‎ -ite.

Noun

cyanophyllite

  1. (mineralogy, outdated) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal greenish blue mineral containing aluminum, antimony, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen. A polytype of cualstibite, and discredited for such in 2012.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Cyanophyllite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “Cualstibite-1M”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.
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