bertrandite
See also: Bertrandite
English
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Bertrandite
Etymology
From Bertrand + -ite, named after French mineralogist Émile Bertrand (1844-1909) in 1883.[1]
Noun
bertrandite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A basic beryllium sorosilicate that is an ore of beryllium.
Further reading
- “Bertrandite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “bertrandite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
- Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
French
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