gmelinite

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English

Etymology

From Gmelin +‎ -ite, after Christian Gottlob Gmelin (1792–1860).

Noun

gmelinite (countable and uncountable, plural gmelinites)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare zeolite mineral related to chabazite.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Gmelinite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • gmelinite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.