gormanite

English

Etymology

Donald Gorman, Canadian geologist, + -ite.

Noun

gormanite (plural gormanites)

  1. (mineralogy) A triclinic hydrated phosphate mineral.

Further reading

  • Gormanite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • gormanite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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