pretulite
English
Etymology
Named for type locality Pretul Mountain in the Fischbacher Alpine mountains (in Styria, Austria) + -ite.
Noun
pretulite
- (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal pale pink mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, and scandium.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Pretulite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “pretulite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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