stannomicrolite
English edit
Etymology edit
For its composition, a tin-dominant member of the microlite group, from Latin stannum (“tin”). Discredited as the name of one specific species of mineral; as a mineral, most likely refers to oxystannomicrolite.
Noun edit
stannomicrolite
- (mineralogy, outdated) An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, tin, and titanium.
- (mineralogy) A variety of the generalized microlite subgroup.
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Stannomicrolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “Stannomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.