harmotome

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and τομή (tomḗ, “section”).

Noun

harmotome (countable and uncountable, plural harmotomes)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare zeolite, a hydrated barium silicate that forms vitreous white monoclinic crystals.

Further reading
  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Harmotome”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “harmotome”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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