dewindtite Min.
(dɪˈwɪntaɪt)
[a. F. dewindtite (A. Schoep 1922, in Compt. Rend. CLXXIV. 625), f. the name of Jean Dewindt, Belgian geologist: see -ite1.]
A hydrated basic phosphate of lead and uranium (see also quot. 1956).
| 1922 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. CXXII. ii. 305 Dewindtite, a new radioactive mineral... This occurs at Kasola, Katanga, Belgian Congo, as a canary-yellow powder intimately mixed with torbernite and a white, powdery material. 1956 Amer. Min. XLI. 921 The validity of ‘dewindtite’ as a separate species is in doubt, as it appears to be structurally identical to renardite, but chemically different. |