raspite
/ˈraspʌɪt/Mineralogy
noun
A tungsten-containing mineral occurring as brownish, yellow, or grey prismatic crystals.
- Raspite is a lead tungstate, PbWO4, that is dimorphous with stolzite. Crystal system: monoclinic..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Mineralogy Magazine. From German Raspit from the name of Charles Rasp, discoverer of the Broken Hill mines, New South Wales, where the first specimen was found + -it.