Colchicinesite

Colchicinesite is not a recognized mineral species in current mineralogical databases. There is no IMA designation or Mindat entry for colchicinesite, and no verified natural occurrence has been documented. The term may appear in educational exercises or fictional works as an illustrative mineral name rather than as an established commodity of the Earth’s crust.

Etymology and naming conventions often follow the suffix -site, linked to the mineral’s supposed chemistry or to a locality or person. In this hypothetical context, colchicinesite would derive its name from colchicine, a plant alkaloid, serving as an example of how fictional mineral names are formed and cited in teaching or creative writing. If a real specimen were discovered, the etymology would be formally established by the discoverers and approved by the International Mineralogical Association.

Hypothetical description (fictional). In a notional description, colchicinesite could be described as a pale blue‑green mineral with a vitreous luster and a Mohs hardness around 5. It might crystallize in a monoclinic or orthorhombic system and form prismatic to tabular crystals or massive aggregates. The composition would be unspecified in this fictional entry, with a placeholder formula used only for instructional demonstration. Physical properties such as density, cleavage, and tenacity would similarly be provisional in a hypothetical context, pending actual analysis.

Occurrence and associations (fictional). In a made‑up scenario, colchicinesite might be reported from hydrothermal veins in carbonate-rich rocks, associated with quartz, calcite, fluorite, and apatite. As a non‑real mineral, it lacks verified locality data.

See also. Real mineral references would include the IMA, Mindat, and Webmineral. This entry notes the fictional status of colchicinesite.