andrewsite

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.
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