Who's Who in Mineral Names: Henry Samuel Delinde (b. 1923), Orlando J. Benston (1901–1966), Joseph Wood Kimzey (1888–1975) and Members of the Kimzey Family, the Honorable Elias William Rector (1849–1917), Hugh Dinsmore Miser (1884–1969)

Abstract

Delindeite, (Na,K)2.7(Ba,Ca)4(Ti,Fe,AI)6Si8O26(OH)14, was found in the Diamond Jo quarry, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, as aggregates of flakelike crystallites in compact spherules, light pinkish gray in color with a resinous, pearly luster. The mineral forms under oxidizing weather conditions.