queteniten.
/ˈkwɛtənʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈkwɛdəˌnaɪt/ Mineralogy. Now disused.
A reddish-brown mineral consisting of hydrated iron and magnesium sulphate (now regarded as identical with botryogen).
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1890 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 140 259 Quetenite occurs at the Salvador Mine in Quetena.
1891 Amer. Naturalist 25 370 Various other minerals from the same region are briefly alluded to in this paper, and two new ones (quetenite and gordaite) are described.
1938 Amer. Mineralogist 23 750 In this study excellent crystals of quetenite have been measured..and they have finally established its identity with botryogen.
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