stranskiite Min.
(ˈstrænskɪaɪt)
[ad. G. stranskiit (H. Strunz 1960, in Naturwissenschaften XLVII. 376/1), f. the name of I. N. Stranski (b. 1897), Bulgarian-born physical chemist: see -ite1.]
An arsenate of zinc and copper, Zn2Cu(AsO4)2, found as blue triclinic crystals.
| 1960 Amer. Mineralogist XLV. 1315 (heading) Stranskiite. 1978 Ibid. LXIII. 213 Inclusions of intergrown stranskiite, Zn2Cu(AsO4)2, and schultenite, PbHAsO4, in massive tennantite from Tsumeb, Southwest Africa, have been investigated by X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence. |