margaritasite

English

Etymology

Margaritas (“uranium deposit in Mexico”) +‎ -ite

Noun

margaritasite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A yellow monoclinic caesium-bearing mineral in the carnotite group.

Further reading

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