painite
See also: Painite
English
Etymology
Pain + -ite, after British mineralogist Arthur C. D. Pain.
Noun
painite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A very rare orange-red borate mineral consisting mostly of calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium, and oxygen.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Painite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “painite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.