taaffeite
English
Etymology
Taaffe + -ite, after Edward Charles Richard Taaffe (1898-1967), Irish gemmologist, who discovered it in a sample set of spinel from whence it was miscategorized
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːfʌɪt/
Noun
taaffeite (plural taaffeites)
- (mineralogy) A rare mauve gemstone with a hexagonal crystal structure.
Coordinate terms
- spinel
Derived terms
- magnesiotaaffeite
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Taaffeite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “taaffeite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.