Reedmergnerite is a borosilicate mineral named in honor of Frank S. Reed and John L. Mergner.

Although it is approved, it got grandfathered, meaning the name reedmergnerite is still believed to refer to a valid species.

The gels that were used in the synthesis contained a 10% weight excess of silicon dioxide.

The mineral's ordering behavior occurs to be insensitive to the co-existing fluid's composition.

The associated minerals at the type locality are eitelite, searlesite, crocidolite, leucosphenite and shortite.