menaccanite

English

Etymology

Menaccan +‎ -ite, after the place in Cornwall where it was first found.

Noun

menaccanite (countable and uncountable, plural menaccanites)

  1. (mineralogy) A black or steel-grey mineral consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium.

Synonyms

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