murataite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Murata + -ite, named after American geochemist Kiguma Jack Murata.
Noun
[edit]murataite
- (mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral that is a basic oxide and fluoride of yttrium, sodium, zinc, iron, titanium and niobium
References
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Murataite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.