rinneite
English
Etymology
Named after German crystallographer and petrographer Freidrich Wilhelm Berthold Rinne (1863-1933) in 1909.[1]
Noun
rinneite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of mixed potassium, sodium and ferrous chloride, K3NaFe2+Cl6.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Rinneite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “rinneite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997