English Explanatory Dictionary

robinsonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monoclinic-prismatic bluish lead gray mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.

Word forms

robinsonite

Etymology

Named in 1951 by Leonard Gascoigne Beryy, Joseph John Fahey and Edgar Herbert Bailey in honour of Stephen Clive Robinson (1911-1981), Canadian mineralogist with the Geological Survey of Canada who synthesized the mineral before it was found naturally. Robinson + -ite

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