baddeleyite
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See also: Baddeleyite
English
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Etymology
[edit]After Joseph Baddeley, who described the original Sri Lankan find, + -ite.
Noun
[edit]baddeleyite (plural baddeleyites)
- (mineralogy) A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Baddeleyite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “baddeleyite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.