montroyalite

Meaning

Noun

a whitish brittle translucent fibrous crystalline mineral with the empirical chemical formula Sr_4</sub>Al_8</sub>(CO₃)₃(OH)₁₃F_12</sub>•10.5(H₂O)

Origin

Named for type locality Mount Royal in Montreal, where the mineral was discovered, -ite.

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