anandite

English

Etymology

Named in 1967 by D. B. Pattiaratchi, Esko Saari, and Thure Georg Sahama in honor of Ananda Coomaraswamy +‎ -ite.

Noun

anandite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A usually monoclinic mineral of the mica group.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Anandite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “anandite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
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