ˈremoliniteMin. [f. (Los) Remolinos in Chile, one of its localities.] A former synonym of atacamite. 1852Brooke & Miller Phillips' Introd.Min. 619 Analyses of remolinite..from Chile by Klaproth.1868Watts Dict.Chem. V. Index 1098/1 Remolinite (s. Atacamite I. 429).