English Explanatory Dictionary

fuenzalidaite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iodine, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur.

Word forms

fuenzalidaite

Etymology

Named by Judith A. Konnert et al. in 1994 in honour of Humberto Fuenzalida Villegas (1904-1966), founder of the Chilean School of Geology within the University of Chile and the Geological Society of Chile Fuenzalida + -ite

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