English Explanatory Dictionary

zavalíaite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colourless monoclinic mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, and iron.

Word forms

zavalíaite

Etymology

Named in honour of María Florencia de Fátima Márquez-Zavalía (born 1955), researcher and Head of the Department of Mineralogy at the National Research Council of Argentina, for her contributions to Argentinian mineralogy. Zavalía + -ite

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