hyalophane

English

Etymology

From hyalo- (glass) +‎ -phane (“appearing”).

Noun

hyalophane (countable and uncountable, plural hyalophanes)

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic crystalline mineral, a barium-rich potassium feldspar.

Synonyms

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Hyalophane”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “hyalophane”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
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