edingtonite

English

Etymology

Edington +‎ -ite, afer Scottish mineral collector James Edington (1787–1844).

Noun

edingtonite (countable and uncountable, plural edingtonites)

  1. A particular zeolite mineral.

Further reading

  • “Edingtonite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • edingtonite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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