richellite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Richelle (in Belgium) +‎ -ite.

Noun

richellite

1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Further reading

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