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English
Miserite
Etymology
From Miser(“a surname”) + -ite, named for Dr. Hugh D. Miser, a geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey.[1]
(mineralogy) A lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earthmineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics.
1989, Joseph Anthony Mandarino, Violet Anderson, Monteregian Treasures: The Minerals of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, page 141:
Miserite is rare at Mont Saint-Hilaire, but may be locally abundant.
References
^ Schallert,Waldemar T. (1950) “Miserite from Arkansas: a renaming of natroxonotlite”, in American Mineralogist, volume 35, page 911
Further reading
David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Miserite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
