inyoiten.
/ˈɪnjəʊʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A hydrated calcium borate, Ca2B6O11.13H2O, found as colourless rhombic crystals.
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1914 W. T. Schaller in Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. IV. 355 Inyoite and Meyerhofferite, two new Calcium Borates from Death Valley, Inyo County, California, belong to the Colemanite series.
1921 Bull. Geol. Surv. Canada 32 2 The crystals of inyoite from Hillsborough are remarkably well developed and clear.
1959 Acta Crystallogr. 12 162 Polyions of inyoite are connected to one another and to neighboring water molecules by bonding through calcium ions and by hydrogen bonds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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