crandallite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after American mining engineer Milan Lucian Crandall, Jr. (1880–1959), who worked in the mine where the mineral was discovered, + -ite.
Noun[edit]
crandallite
- (mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
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Further reading[edit]
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Crandallite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “crandallite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.