English Explanatory Dictionary

fornacite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare monoclinic-prismatic lead copper chromate arsenate hydroxide mineral, which is generally green to yellow and translucent to transparent, and has a Mohs hardness of 2.3, a specific gravity of 6.27, and a Strunz classification of 7.FC.10.

Word forms

fornacite

Etymology

From Latin fornāx, fornāc- (“furnace”) -ite, named in 1915 after Lucien Lewis Forneau (whose surname resembles French fourneau (“stove”), which, like fornāx, is ultimately from Latin furnus (“oven”)).

Derived words

molybdofornacite
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