vaesite

English

Etymology

From Vaes +‎ -ite. Named after Belgian mineralogist Johannes F. Vaes.

Noun

vaesite (usually uncountable, plural vaesites)

  1. (mineralogy) A nickel-sulfur mineral found with cattierite.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Vaesite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “vaesite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

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