strüverite Min.
(ˈstryːvəraɪt)
[ad. G. strüverit (A. Brezina 1876), f. name of Prof. G. Strüver, of Rome: see -ite.]
1. A synonym of chloritoid.
| 1896 Chester Dict. Names Min. 261. 1912 Return Brit. Museum 194. |
2. An oxide of titanium containing tantalum and ferric iron, found as black tetragonal crystals having a metallic lustre. [a. lt. strüverite (F. Zambonini 1907, in Rend. dell'Accad. d. Sci. fis. e matem. (Napoli) XIII. 46).]
| 1907 Mineral. Mag. XIV. 411 Strüverite. 1908 Ibid. XV. 78 The mineral strüverite occurs as a rare accessory constituent of the pegmatite which is found in large detrital masses in the neighbourhood of Craveggia (Val Vigezzo, northern Piedmont). 1917 [see mossite]. 1974 Mineral. Abstr. XXV. 236/1 Strüverite, tanteuxenite and tantalanatase from the pegmatites near the town of Chepelare, Central Rhodopes [Bulgaria]. |