English Explanatory Dictionary

rinkite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.

Word forms

rinkite

Etymology

Named in 1884 by Johannes Theodor Lorenzen in honour of Henrik Johannes Rink (1819-1893), Director of the Royal Greenland Board of Trade at the time. Rink + -ite In 2016, the IMA renamed rinkite to rinkite-(Ce), as opposed to rinkite-(Y).

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