murataite

English

Etymology

From Murata +‎ -ite, named after American geochemist Kiguma Jack Murata.

Noun

murataite

1. (mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral that is a basic oxide and fluoride of yttrium, sodium, zinc, iron, titanium and niobium

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Murataite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.