quenselite

English

Etymology

Named after Swedish professor of mineralogy Percy Dudgeon Quensel (1881–1966), +‎ -ite.

Noun

quenselite

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal pitch black mineral containing hydrogen, lead, manganese, and oxygen.

Further reading

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

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