pezzottaite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pezzotta + -ite, after Federico Pezzotta, Italian petrologist.
Noun[edit]
pezzottaite (usually uncountable, plural pezzottaites)
- (mineralogy) A cesium analog of beryl, a silicate of cesium, beryllium, lithium and aluminium that crystallizes in the trigonal system.
Further reading[edit]
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Pezzottaite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “pezzottaite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.