loseyiten.
/ˈləʊzɪʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A basic carbonate of zinc and manganese, (Zn,Mn)7(CO3)2(OH)10, found as bluish-white monoclinic crystals at Franklin, New Jersey, U.S.A.
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1929 Bauer & Berman in Amer. Mineralogist 14 150 This mineral is named loseyite in honor of Mr. Samuel R. Losey, a native of Franklin and for many years, until his death, an ardent collector of the minerals occurring there.
1968 I. Kostov Mineral. ii. xi. 542 Loseyite is also monoclinic (A2/a), found as bluish white radiating bundles of lath-like crystals.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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