rinkite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named in 1884 by Johannes Theodor Lorenzen in honour of Henrik Johannes Rink (1819-1893), Director of the Royal Greenland Board of Trade at the time.
Rink + -ite
In 2016, the IMA renamed rinkite to rinkite-(Ce), as opposed to rinkite-(Y).
Noun[edit]
rinkite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
References[edit]
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Rinkite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
Lithuanian[edit]
Verb[edit]
rinkite