iquiqueite
English edit
Etymology edit
From Iquique (“a place name”) + -ite, after the city of Iquique, Chile.
Noun edit
iquiqueite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellow mineral containing boron, chromium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and sodium.
- 1996, Mineralogical Magazine, volume 60, page 527:
- Carlos ruizite. […] As platy crystals, up to 200 μm, in iquiqueite found within yellow nitrate ore samples of mainly nitratine, halite and darapskite from the Zapiga district, Tarapacá Province, Chile.
References edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Iquiqueite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.