szaibelyite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, and oxygen.

Word forms

szaibelyite

Etymology

Named in 1861 by Karl Ferdinand Peters in honour of Stephen Szaibely (1777-1855), mine surveyor of Rézbánya, Hungary, now Romania. Szaibely + -ite

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