menezesite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named in 2006 by Daniel Atencio et al in honour of Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes Filho (1950-2014), Brazilian mineralogist and geologist who first found the mineral.
Menezes + -ite
Noun[edit]
menezesite
- (mineralogy) A reddish-brown isometric mineral containing barium, hydrogen, magnesium, niobium, oxygen and zirconium
References[edit]
- “menezesite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.