vashegyite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hungarian Vashegy (literally “iron mountain”) (the old Hungarian name for the village of Železník, Slovakia where the mineral was discovered) + -ite.
Noun
[edit]vashegyite
- (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
References
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Vashegyite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.