bertrandite

See also: Bertrandite

English

Etymology

From Bertrand +‎ -ite, named after French mineralogist Émile Bertrand (1844-1909) in 1883.[1]

Noun

bertrandite (countable and uncountable, plural bertrandites)

  1. (mineralogy) A basic beryllium sorosilicate that is an ore of beryllium.

References

  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Bertrandite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “bertrandite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

French

Noun

bertrandite f (plural bertrandites)

  1. (mineralogy) bertrandite
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