montebrasite

[mon-tee-brah-zahyt]

noun

1. a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of montebrasite¹

1870–75; after Montebras, locale in central France (Creuse); -ite ¹