girvasite
English
editEtymology
editгирвас (girvas) + -ite. Named for Lake Girvas in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, where the mineral was found. The name of the lake is probably of Sami origin, likely from Kildin Sami сарьвэсь (sar’ves’).
Noun
editgirvasite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
References
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Girvasite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.