pretulite
English
Etymology
Named for type locality Pretul Mountain in the Fischbacher Alpine mountains (in Styria, Austria) + -ite.
Noun
pretulite
- (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal pale pink mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, and scandium.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Pretulite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “pretulite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Anagrams
- tulip tree, tuliptree