zavalíaite
English
Etymology
Named in honour of María Florencia de Fátima Márquez-Zavalía (born 1955), researcher and Head of the Department of Mineralogy at the National Research Council of Argentina, for her contributions to Argentinian mineralogy.
Zavalía + -ite
Noun
zavalíaite
- (mineralogy) A colourless monoclinic mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, and iron.
References
- “zavalíaite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.