English Explanatory Dictionary

nizamoffite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colourless orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.

Word forms

nizamoffite

Etymology

Named in honour of James W. Nizamoff (born 1971), researcher of the mineralogy of the Palermo pegmatites at North Groton, New Hampshire, who discovered the mineral. Nizamoff + -ite

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