messelite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named for type locality Messel (Germany) + -ite.
Noun
[edit]messelite
- (mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Messelite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “messelite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.