Meanings
nounputnisite (uncountable)
- uncountableA quartz-like mineral, purple in colour, naturally occurring brittle crystals smaller than 0.5 mm, with an orthorhombic crystalline matrix of SrCa₄Cr³⁺₈(CO₃)₈SO₄(OH)₁₆·23H₂O
Origin
From Putnis + -ite, from the name of the discoverers, mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis.
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