English Explanatory Dictionary

faustite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A triclinic-pinacoidal apple green mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.

Word forms

faustite

Etymology

Named by Richard Erd et al in honour of George Faust (1908 - 1985), mineralogist and petrologist of the U.S. Geological Survey and the describer of the minerals huntite, pecoraite and schoenfliesite. Faust + -ite

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