akatoreite

English

Etymology

Named after its type locality: Akatore Creek, Otago Region, New Zealand

Akatore +‎ -ite

Noun

akatoreite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A yellow-orange triclinic mineral found in New Zealand and containing aluminium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen and silicon.

Further reading

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