English Explanatory Dictionary

mendozavilite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monoclinic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, molybdenum, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.
  2. A group of said minerals with a common chemical base.

Word forms

mendozavilite

Etymology

Named after Mexican geologist Heriberto Mendoza Avila (1924–), who discovered the mineral, + -ite. The mineral was given the suffix of -NaFe in 2010 when more related species were discovered to differentiate it from other species of alternate element dominance.

Derived words

mendozavilite-KCa mendozavilite-NaCu mendozavilite-NaFe paramendozavilite
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