colemanite

See also: Colemanite and colémanite

English

Etymology

Coleman +‎ -ite, named after William Tell Coleman (1824-1893) in 1884.

Noun

colemanite (countable and uncountable, plural colemanites)

1. (mineralogy) A white, grey or colorless mineral form of calcium borate; a principal source of boron.

Translations

calcium borate mineral

• Finnish: colemaniitti
• French: colémanite (fr) f
• German: Colemanit m
• Italian: colemanite f
• Portuguese: colemanita f
• Spanish: colemanita f

See also

• Calcium borate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Colemanite on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• melaconite