zwieselite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Zwiesel (in Bavaria, Germany) +‎ -ite.

Noun

zwieselite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A brown to black mineral containing manganese, iron, phosphorus, oxygen, and fluorine.

Further reading

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