grandreefite

English

Etymology

From Grand Reef +‎ -ite; named for the location in which it was discovered in 1989, the Grand Reef Mine in Graham County, Arizona.

Noun

grandreefite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing fluorine, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.

Derived terms

• pseudograndreefite

References

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

Further reading

• Grandreefite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia