silvialite

English

Etymology

Named after the daughter of Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836-1927), Silvia Hillebrand, +‎ -lite.

Noun

silvialite

1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.

Further reading

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