taramelliten.
/tarəˈmɛlʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
An orthorhombic borosilicate of barium and other metals, chiefly iron and titanium, and usually containing some chlorine.
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1908 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 94 ii. 863 The author describes a new mineral, taramellite, occurring in radiating, fibrous, acicular aggregates or slender veins in the calcareous zone of Candoglia-Ornavasso (Val Toce).
1973 Mineral. Abstr. XXIV. 433/2 More than 50 minerals have been identified in rocks of this quarry of the Pacific Limestone Products Co. [in California]. They include..15 silicates three of which, celsian, pabstite, and taramellite, are Ba-bearing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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