reidite

English

Etymology

Named in 2002 by Billy P. Glass, Shaobin Liu and Peter B. Leavens in honour of Alan F. Reid, who first produced the phase in high-pressure laboratory experiments in 1969.

Reid + -ite

Noun

reidite

1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal white mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and zirconium.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Reidite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.