English Explanatory Dictionary

reidite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tetragonal-dipyramidal white mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and zirconium.

Word forms

reidite

Etymology

Named in 2002 by Billy P. Glass, Shaobin Liu and Peter B. Leavens in honour of Alan F. Reid, who first produced the phase in high-pressure laboratory experiments in 1969. Reid + -ite

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