kamaishilite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Kamaishi Mine (in Iwate, Japan) +‎ -lite.

Noun

kamaishilite

1. (mineralogy) A dimorph of bicchulite; a tetragonal colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading

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