juanitaite en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /wɑːˈniː.təˌaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ʍɑː-/ (Received-Pronunciation) without the wine–whine merger
- /wɑˈni.təˌaɪt/ (General-American)
- (General-American) audio
- /ʍɑ-/ (General-American) without the wine–whine merger
Etymology
From Juanita + -ite, named after Juanita A. Curtis (1917–2006), an American amateur mineral collector who discovered it.
Meanings
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A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
[…] juanitaite, cornwallite, mixite, olivenite, scorodite, pharmacosiderite, philipsburgite, and tyrolite can be collected on the mine dumps. Austinite and juanitaite were first found and identified at the Gold Hill mine.
2005, Carl L. Ege, Selected Mining Districts of Utah, Utah Geological Survey, →ISBN, page 5: