huttonite

English
Relationship of monazites, cheralites, and huttonites

Etymology

After Colin Osborne Hutton, New Zealand-American mineralogist, + -ite

Noun

huttonite

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and thorium.

References
  • “Huttonite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
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