schwertmannite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Schwertmann +‎ -ite, after Udo Schwertmann (born 1927), German soil scientist.

Noun[edit]

schwertmannite (usually uncountable, plural schwertmannites)

  1. (mineralogy) An opaque tetragonal iron-oxyhydroxysulfate mineral.

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