potarite

English

Etymology

Named after the Potaro River area in Guyana, + -ite

Noun

potarite

  1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal silver white mineral containing mercury and palladium.

References

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Potarite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.

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