turnerite
English edit
Etymology edit
Turner + -ite after English chemist and mineralogist C. H. Turner.
Noun edit
turnerite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A variety of monazite with golden yellow to brownish yellow crystals.
References edit
- “turnerite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- “turnerite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.