crandallite

English

Etymology

Named after American mining engineer Milan Lucian Crandall, Jr. (1880–1959), who worked in the mine where the mineral was discovered, +‎ -ite.

Noun

crandallite (countable and uncountable, plural crandallites)

  1. (mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

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Further reading

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

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