baddeleyite
See also: Baddeleyite
English
Etymology
After Joseph Baddeley, who described the original Sri Lankan find, + -ite.
Noun
baddeleyite (plural baddeleyites)
- (mineralogy) A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Baddeleyite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “baddeleyite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.