ordoñezite Min.
(ɔːdəˈnjeɪzaɪt)
[f. the name of Ezequiel Ordoñez (1867–1950), Mexican geologist + -ite1.]
An antimonate of zinc, ZnSb2O6, which is found as brown tetragonal crystals at Guanajuato, Mexico.
| 1954 Mineral. Abstr. XII. 303 (heading) Ordoñezite, zinc antimonate, a new mineral from Guanajuato, Mexico. 1955 Amer. Mineralogist XL. 66 Ordoñezite occurs as drusy or stalactitic masses of repeatedly twinned tetragonal crystals having a maximum size of 2 mm. 1968 I. Kostov Mineral. II. iv. 264 To this [byströmite] group are referred the following oxides, which are isostructural with rutile and tapiolite. (P42/mnm): byströmite.., ordoñezite.., and tripuhyite. |