hauerite
English edit
Etymology edit
Hauer + -ite, after Austrian geologists Joseph and Franz Ritter von Hauer.
Noun edit
hauerite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A manganese sulfide mineral, MnS2, that forms reddish-brown or black octahedral crystals.
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Hauerite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “hauerite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.