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senaite Min.|seɪ-, ˈsɛnəaɪt|
[f. the name of Joachim de Costa Sena, 19th-cent. Brazilian mineralogist + -ite1.]
A rhombohedral titanate of iron, lead, and manganese, found as rough black crystals and rounded fragments in diamond-bearing sands in Brazil.
1898Hussak & Prior in Mineral. Mag. XII. 30 (heading) Senaite, a new mineral belonging to the ilmenite group, from Brazil. 1976Acta Crystallographica XXXII. B. 1509/1 Senaite, crichtonite, and davidite form a closely related series of minerals with similar morphologies and chemical compositions. |