rinneite

English

Etymology

Named after German crystallographer and petrographer Freidrich Wilhelm Berthold Rinne (1863-1933) in 1909.[1]

Noun

rinneite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of mixed potassium, sodium and ferrous chloride, K3NaFe2+Cl6.

Further reading
  • “Rinneite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “rinneite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
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