messelite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Messel (Germany) +‎ -ite.

Noun

messelite

  1. (mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Further reading

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

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