schwertmannite

See also: Schwertmannite

English

Etymology

From Schwertmann +‎ -ite, after Udo Schwertmann (born 1927), German soil scientist.

Noun

schwertmannite (usually uncountable, plural schwertmannites)

1. (mineralogy) An opaque tetragonal iron-oxyhydroxysulfate mineral.

Further reading

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