delanovite Min.
(dɛləˈnəʊvaɪt)
Also delanouite (dɛˈlænuːaɪt).
[ad. G. delanovit, f. the name of Delanoue, French mineralogist: see -ite1.]
A manganiferous clay of a rose-red colour.
| 1854 Dana Syst. Min. (ed. 4) II. App. 500 Delanovite, Kenngott, (Jahrb. k.k. Geol. Reichs., iv, 633).—A reddish amorphous earthy mineral... Kenngott places it near Montmorillonite. 1934 Mineral. Mag. XXII. 469 Substances named montmorillonite, as well as others named confolensite, delanouite, stolpenite, erite, severite, &c., show a great variety of composition. |