triphylite
noun
triph·y·lite
ˈtrifəˌlīt
variants or less commonly triphyline
-lēn,
-lə̇n
plural -s
: a grayish green or bluish orthorhombic phosphate of lithium, iron, and manganese isomorphous with lithiophilite and commonly massive
Word History
Etymology
triphylite alteration (influenced by -ite) of triphyline, from German triphylin, from tri- + phyl- + -in -ine; from its three bases