rinkite

English

Etymology

Named in 1884 by Johannes Theodor Lorenzen in honour of Henrik Johannes Rink (1819-1893), Director of the Royal Greenland Board of Trade at the time.

Rink + -ite

In 2016, the IMA renamed rinkite to rinkite-(Ce), as opposed to rinkite-(Y).

Noun

rinkite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.

References

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

Lithuanian

Verb

rinkite

1. second-person plural imperative of rinkti