English Explanatory Dictionary

wilcoxite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.

Word forms

wilcoxite

Etymology

From Wilcox + -ite, after William Wilcox (?-1880), discoverer of the Wilcox district of New Mexico in 1879.

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