gersdorffite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An isometric nickel arsenic sulfide mineral.

Word forms

gersdorffite gersdorffites

Etymology

From Gersdorff + -ite, after Johann von Gersdorff (1781–1849), owner of the nickel mine at Schladming, Austria (the type locality).

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