grimselite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Grimsel, Switzerland, +‎ -ite.

Noun

grimselite

1. (mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal yellow mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and uranium.

Further reading

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