bernalite

English

Etymology

Named after British crystallographer John Desmond Bernal +‎ -ite

Noun

bernalite

  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.

Further reading

  • “Bernalite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • bernalite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

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