mongolite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Mongolia, +‎ -ite.

Noun

mongolite

1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading

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