andrewsite

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Andrews +‎ -ite, after the English chemist Thomas Andrews.

Noun[edit]

andrewsite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy, historical) A now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.