tengerite

[After C. Tenger, one of the first who described it; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A pulverulent mineral occurring as a thin crust on the gadolinite of Ytterby, Sweden. Luster, dull; color, white. Composition stated to be that of a carbonate of yttria. Těng-malm, s . [Peter Gustavus Tengmalm, a Swedish naturalist, contemporary with Linnæus, and author of Pan Suecus.] Tengmalm's owl, s. Ornith.: Nyctala tengmalmi , the Common Pa erine or Tengmalm's Owl, is deep brown, with a white throat, round brown spots on the breast and wings, and four white lines on the tail. It is scarcely larger than a blackbird.