messelite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Messel (Germany) +‎ -ite.

Noun

messelite

1. (mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• seemliest, semisteel, teleseism