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Xuite, in the garnet group, is named for Hongwu and Huifang Xu DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., January 25, 2021--A vanishingly tiny mineral is being named for two scientists who have revolutionized the analysis of mineral samples. Xuite (pronounced "zoo-ite"), the newest member of the nano-mineral pantheon, is named in honor of Los Alamos National Laboratory mineralogist Hongwu Xu and the University of Wisconsin's Huifang Xu. The newly named mineral, xuite, is shown here magnified in images A and B, and the lower image is a sample from Gillette, Wyoming. The reddish area...

Date Time Newly identified tiny mineral named for Los Alamos and U. Wisconsin scientists LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Jan. 25, 2020—A vanishingly tiny mineral is being named for two scientists who have revolutionized the analysis of mineral samples. Xuite (pronounced “zoo-ite”), the newest member of the nano-mineral pantheon, is named in honor of Los Alamos National Laboratory mineralogist Hongwu Xu and the University of Wisconsin’s Huifang Xu. “It is a wonderful honor to see a new mineral named for Hongwu Xu and his colleague Huifang Xu. The rare mineral, which typically forms in cooling lava...