bertrandite

See also: Bertrandite

English
Bertrandite

Etymology

From Bertrand +‎ -ite, named after French mineralogist Émile Bertrand (1844-1909) in 1883.[1]

Noun

bertrandite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A basic beryllium sorosilicate that is an ore of beryllium.

Further reading
  • “Bertrandite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “bertrandite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

French

Noun

bertrandite f (plural bertrandites)

  1. (mineralogy) bertrandite
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