gainesite

English

Etymology

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Noun

gainesite

1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal blue mineral containing beryllium, calcium, cesium, hydrogen, iron, lithium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and zirconium.

References

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