khademite
English edit
Etymology edit
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Khadem + -ite (iranian geologist)
These minerals were discovered by Baryan, Bertelon and Sadrzadeh in Saghand, Yazd, and named in 1962 in honor of Nasrullah Khadem, the then director of the Geological Survey of Iran
Noun edit
khademite
- (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
References edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Khademite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.