Chiastolite Definition

kī-ăstə-līt
noun
A mineral variety of andalusite with carbonaceous impurities regularly arranged along the longer axis of the crystal.
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Origin of Chiastolite

  • Ancient Greek marked with a letter chi + -lite. See chiasm. So called from the resemblance of the crosscuts of its crystals to the Greek letter chi.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek khīastos crossed past participle of khīazein to mark with an X chiasma

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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