canfieldite

See also: Canfieldite

English

Etymology

Canfield +‎ -ite, after American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849-1926).

Noun

canfieldite (usually uncountable, plural canfieldites)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare silver tin sulfide mineral.

Further reading

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