stannomicrolite

English

Etymology

For its composition, a tin-dominant member of the microlite group, from Latin stannum (“tin”). Discredited as the name of one specific species of mineral; as a mineral, most likely refers to oxystannomicrolite.

Noun

stannomicrolite

1. (mineralogy, outdated) An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, tin, and titanium.
2. (mineralogy) A variety of the generalized microlite subgroup.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Stannomicrolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “Stannomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.