stichtite
English
Etymology
After Robert Sticht (1856-1922), the manager of Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Co. in Australia, in 1910.[1]
Noun
stichtite (plural stichtites)
- (mineralogy) A mineral with rhombohedral crystals, often pink or lilac, Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16·4H2O.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Stichtite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “stichtite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
- Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
Anagrams
- titchiest