English Explanatory Dictionary

chenevixite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.

Word forms

chenevixite

Etymology

Named after Richard Chenevix (1774-1830), French chemist and the analyst of an arsenate of copper and iron from Cornwall in 1801 that was later shown to be chenevixite. Chenevix + -ite

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