harmotome

harmotome
(ar-mo-to-m') s. m.
Terme de minéralogie. Minéral blanchâtre dont les cristaux sont divisés aux jointures. L'harmotome est un silicate alumineux, dit aussi hyacinthe cruciforme, staurolithe et andréolithe, par abréviation d'andréasbergolithe, parce que l'harmotome a été trouvé à Andreasbergen, en Norvége.
   En grec, joint et section.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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