English Explanatory Dictionary

rectorite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

Word forms

rectorite rectorites

Etymology

Named in 1891 by Richard Newman Brackett and John Francis Williams in honour of Colonel Elias William Rector (1847-1917), politician and attorney in Hot Springs, Arkansas who supported the formation of the Arkansas Geological Survey. Rector + -ite

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