taranakite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Taranaki + -ite, from its original discovery on the Sugar Loaf Islands, off the coast of Taranaki, New Zealand.
Noun
[edit]taranakite (countable and uncountable, plural taranakites)
- (mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium.
References
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Taranakite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.