murataite
English
Etymology
From Murata + -ite, named after American geochemist Kiguma Jack Murata.
Noun
murataite
- (mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral that is a basic oxide and fluoride of yttrium, sodium, zinc, iron, titanium and niobium
References
- “Murataite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.