menezesite
English
Etymology
Named in 2006 by Daniel Atencio et al in honour of Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes Filho (1950-2014), Brazilian mineralogist and geologist who first found the mineral.
Menezes + -ite
Noun
menezesite
- (mineralogy) A reddish-brown isometric mineral containing barium, hydrogen, magnesium, niobium, oxygen and zirconium
References
- “menezesite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.