mackinawite
English
Etymology
Mackinaw mine, Washington, where an occurrence was first described + -ite.
Noun
mackinawite (plural mackinawites)
- (mineralogy) A tetragonal iron nickel sulfide mineral that occurs as opaque bronze to grey-white tabular crystals and anhedral masses.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Mackinawite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “mackinawite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.