English edit

Etymology edit

Dessau +‎ -ite after Gabor Dessau (1907-1983), professor of ore mineralogy at the University of Pisa, Italy.

Noun edit

dessauite

  1. (mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing iron, lead, oxygen, strontium, titanium, uranium, and yttrium.

References edit

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Dessauite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.