pachnolite Min.
(ˈpæknəʊlaɪt)
[Named 1863, f. Gr. πάχνη hoar-frost + -lite.]
Hydrous fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium, occurring on cryolite in small white crystals.
| 1866 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XLI. 199 Knop has named the new species Pachnolite. 1868 Dana Min. (ed. 5) 129 Found with pachnolite on the cryolite of Greenland. |