A very light-colored or white mineral or rock type, named for its pale appearance.
From Latin 'albus' (white) + '-lite' (mineral or rock suffix), a descriptive mineralogical term emphasizing the specimen's whiteness.
Albolite probably appears in mineralogical texts from the 19th and early 20th centuries when mineral collectors named specimens based purely on visual appearance before chemical analysis.
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