masutomilite

English

Etymology

Named after Japanese mineralogist Dr. Kazunosuke Masutomi, +‎ -lite.

Noun

masutomilite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic purple pink mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Masutomilite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “masutomilite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.