sonolite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Sono Mine (in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) +‎ -lite.

Noun

sonolite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Sonolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “sonolite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• looniest, oilstone, stone oil