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Named in 2006 by Daniel Atencio et al in honour of Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes Filho (1950-2014), Brazilian mineralogist and geologist who first found the mineral. Menezes + -ite
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menezesite
Today it means: A reddish-brown isometric mineral containing barium, hydrogen, magnesium, niobium, oxygen and zirconium Full definition →