parabariomicrolite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “near”) + bariomicrolite, for being close in composition to that mineral. This name was discredited in 2016 in favor of hydrokenomicrolite-3R.

Noun

parabariomicrolite

1. (mineralogy, outdated) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and tantalum.

Synonyms

• hydrokenomicrolite-3R

Further reading

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