belovite

English

Etymology

For Nikolai Vassilievich Belov, Russian mineralogist, +‎ -ite.

Noun

belovite (plural belovites)

  1. (mineralogy) A basic phosphate / fluoride mineral of strontium and lanthanum.

Further reading
  • “Belovite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “belovite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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