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tarbuttite Min.|ˈtɑːbətaɪt|
[f. the name of P. C. Tarbutt (1874–1943), English mining engineer + -ite1.]
A basic zinc phosphate, Zn2PO4OH, found as faintly coloured or colourless triclinic crystals.
1907Nature 27 June 215/1 L. J. Spencer exhibited a suite of beautifully crystallised minerals, presented to the British Museum by Mr. Percy C. Tarbutt, from the Rhodesia Broken Hill mines in north-western Rhodesia... The crystals of this new species, for which the name tarbuttite is proposed, are anorthic. 1955,1974[see parahopeite s.v. para-1 2 c]. |