English Explanatory Dictionary

reinerite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, oxygen, and zinc.

Word forms

reinerite

Etymology

Named in 1958 by Bruno H. Geier and K. Weber in honour of Willy Reiner (1895-1965), Senior Chemist at the Tsumeb Corporation, Namibia, who analyzed the type material Reiner + -ite

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