mcgillite

English

Etymology

Named in honor of McGill University (in Montreal, Canada) +‎ -ite.

Noun

mcgillite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Further reading

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