huttonite
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Monazite_cheralite_huttonite.png/220px-Monazite_cheralite_huttonite.png)
Etymology
[edit]After Colin Osborne Hutton, New Zealand-American mineralogist, Hutton + -ite
Noun
[edit]huttonite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and thorium.
References
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Huttonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.