Roymillerite Explained

Roymillerite
Imasymbol:	Roy^[1]
System:	triclinic crystal system
Symmetry:	P
Color:	colorless, slightly pink
Luster:	vitreous

Roymillerite^[2] is a solid colorless transparent crystalline mineral. It has a non-trivial crystal structure.

Roymillerite was found in the Otavi Valley (Namibia). Named after geologist and mineralogist Roy McG. Miller.^[3]

The sample is stored in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm under the number 20080176.^[4]

See also

• List of minerals
• List of minerals named after people

Notes and References

1. Warr. L.N.. 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine. 85. 3 . 291–320. 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 . 2021MinM...85..291W . 235729616 . free.
2. Hålenius U., Hatert F., Pasero M. et al. IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 33. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016 // Mineralogical Magazine — Cambridge University Press, 2016. — Vol. 80, Iss. 6. — P. 1135–1144
3. https://www.mindat.org/min-50357.html Roymillerite. Mineral information.
4. https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Roymillerit Mineralienatlas Lexikon — Kapitel / Geologie. Roymillerit