colemanite
See also: Colemanite and colémanite
English
Etymology
From Coleman + -ite, named after William Tell Coleman (1824-1893) in 1884.[1]
Noun
colemanite (countable and uncountable, plural colemanites)
- (mineralogy) A white, grey or colorless mineral form of calcium borate; a principal source of boron.
Translations
calcium borate mineral
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See also
- Calcium borate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Colemanite on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Colemanite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “colemanite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997