misawite

Etymology

Named after Japanese scientist T. Misawa, an author of The mechanism of atmospheric rusting and the effect of Cu and P on the rust formation of low alloy steels (1971) and The mechanism of atmospheric rusting and the protective rust on low alloy steel (1974), with the suffix -ite.

misawite means δ-FeOOH, a compound said to be found on the iron pillar of Delhi. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 94 out of 100.

noun

δ-FeOOH, a compound said to be found on the iron pillar of Delhi