delhayelite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Belgian geologist Fernard Delhaye (1880–1946), who worked in the type locality of Zaire, + -lite.
Noun
[edit]delhayelite
- (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Delhayelite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “delhayelite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.