hastingsite

English

Etymology

From Hastings +‎ -ite, after Hastings County in Ontario where it was discovered.

Noun

hastingsite (countable and uncountable, plural hastingsites)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

Derived terms

• magnesio-fluoro-hastingsite
• magnesiohastingsite
• oxo-magnesio-hastingsite
• potassic-chloro-hastingsite
• potassic-hastingsite

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Hastingsite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.

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