reidite
English
Etymology
Named in 2002 by Billy P. Glass, Shaobin Liu and Peter B. Leavens in honour of Alan F. Reid, who first produced the phase in high-pressure laboratory experiments in 1969.
Reid + -ite
Noun
reidite
- (mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal white mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and zirconium.
References
- “Reidite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.