holdenite

English

Etymology

From Holden +‎ -ite after Albert Fairchild Holden (1866-1913), a mining engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Noun

holdenite

  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.

Translations

References

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Holdenite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
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