baddeleyite

See also: Baddeleyite

English

Etymology

After Joseph Baddeley, who described the original Sri Lankan find, +‎ -ite.

Noun

baddeleyite (plural baddeleyites)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms.

Further reading
  • “Baddeleyite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “baddeleyite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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