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mackayite Min.|məˈkaɪaɪt|
[f. the name of John W. Mackay (see quot. 19442) + -ite1.]
A green hydrated tellurite of ferric iron, perhaps Fe2(TeO3)3.xH2O.
1944Frondel & Pough in Amer. Mineralogist XXIX. 217 The new mineral described here under the name mackayite was found in specimens from two deposits in Goldfield, Nevada. Ibid. 218 At the instance of Mr. C. D. Woodhouse, the writers propose the name mackayite for the species after John W. Mackay (1831–1902), a mining operator who in a few years amassed a great fortune on the Comstock Lode, Nevada. The name is intended to recognize Mackay's financial endowment of the School of Mines of the University of Nebraska. 1968I. Kostov Mineral. 518 Mackayite is tetragonal.., found as short prismatic green crystals. |