birnessite

English

Etymology

Birness +‎ -ite, after Birness, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where it was first described.

Noun

birnessite (plural birnessites)

1. (mineralogy) A soft mineral, mostly containing manganese oxides, that occurs in manganese nodules.

Further reading

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