painite
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See also: Painite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pain + -ite, after British mineralogist Arthur C. D. Pain.
Noun
[edit]painite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A very rare orange-red borate mineral consisting mostly of calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium, and oxygen.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Painite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “painite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.