stokesiten.
/ˈstəʊksʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A hydrated silicate of calcium and tin, CaSnSi3O9.2H2O, found as colourless, transparent orthorhombic crystals.
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1899 A. Hutchinson in London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 5th Ser. 48 480 Among the specimens..recently acquired for the Cambridge Mineralogical Museum, has been found a crystal whose characters prove it to belong to a new mineral species. This mineral I propose to call Stokesite in honour of Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bart., whose jubilee as Lucasian Professor was this year celebrated by the University.
1977 Mineral. Mag. XLI. 413 Stokesite in very small amounts has been reported at two localities in Czechoslovakia..while at Corrégo do Urucum, Brazil, it has been found..as spherical clusters of crystals up to 3 cm diameter.
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