sanmartiniten.
/sanˈmɑːtɪnʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
Monoclinic zinc tungstate, ZnWO4, usually also containing some iron, calcium, and manganese, found as dark brown microcrystalline aggregates in quartz, in association with scheelite.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > tungstates and molybdates > [noun] > other tungstates
sanmartinite1948
1948 Angelelli & Gordon in Notulae Naturae (Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia) 9 Apr. 1 (heading) Sanmartinite, a new zinc tungstate from Argentina.
1948 Angelelli & Gordon in Notulae Naturae (Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia) 9 Apr. 2 While usually compact, the sanmartinite may be quite porous, and in color varying from dark brown to dark gray depending upon the amount of admixed scheelite.
1968 I. Kostov Mineral. 483 Sanmartinite is a zincian member (Zn,Fe)WO4, containing about 18% ZnO.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1948