dmisteinbergite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Dmitri Steinberg + -ite
Noun
[edit]dmisteinbergite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A colourless mineral, a hexagonal polymorph of anorthite, with the chemical formula CaAl2Si2O8.
- 2001, William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, Rock-forming Minerals: Feldspars, volume 4A, page 654:
- Chesnokov et al. also reported from the same locality dmisteinbergite, a natural hexagonal polymorph of anorthite.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Dmisteinbergite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “dmisteinbergite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.