pretulite

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Pretul Mountain in the Fischbacher Alpine mountains (in Styria, Austria) +‎ -ite.

Noun

pretulite

  1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal pale pink mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, and scandium.

Further reading

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

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