anandite

English

Etymology

Named in 1967 by D. B. Pattiaratchi, Esko Saari, and Thure Georg Sahama in honor of Ananda Coomaraswamy +‎ -ite.

Noun

anandite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A usually monoclinic mineral of the mica group.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Anandite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “anandite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.