Coronadite is the lead endmember of the hollandite group, a family of tectomanganates with a 2 × 2 tunnel structure. The mineral was named after Francisco Vasquez de Coronado who was an explorer of southwest US. The name was made up by Waldemar Lindgren in 1905.[2]

  • Polyhedral representation of the 2 × 2 tunnel structure of coronadite. The black atoms represent Pb.
    Polyhedral representation of the 2 × 2 tunnel structure of coronadite. The black atoms represent Pb.

References

  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. ^ "Coronadite Mineral Data". webmineral.com.