English Explanatory Dictionary

reevesite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, nickel, and oxygen.

Word forms

reevesite

Etymology

Named in 1967 by John S. White Jr., E.P. Henderson and Brian Mason in honour of Dr. Frank Reeves (1886-1986), exploration geologist who found the Wolf Creek meteorite in 1947. Reeves + -ite

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