English Explanatory Dictionary

eveite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal apple green mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.

Word forms

eveite

Etymology

Named in 1967 by Paul B. Moore after the biblical character Eve, in comparison to the isostructural mineral adamite. Eve + -ite

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