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wadeite Min.|ˈweɪdaɪt|
[f. the name of Arthur Wade (1878–1951), British geologist + -ite1.]
A hexagonal silicate of potassium and zirconium, approximately K2ZrSi3O9.
1938Wade & Prider in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. i. 419 Nineteen occurrences of post-Permian volcanic rocks have been found in the West Kimberley area... The rocks are made up..of leucite, phlogopite,..wadeite (a new K-Zr silicate), [etc.]. 1980Contrib. Mineral. & Petrol. LXXII. 191/1 The restricted occurrence of wadeite to rocks of West Kimberley, Australia and Leucite Hills, Wyoming is believed to be due to their high K/Al and Zr contents relative to other high potash rocks. |