fichtelite
See also: Fichtelite
English
Etymology
Named for type locality Fichtelgebirge (contracted) (in Germany)) + -ite.
Noun
fichtelite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A rare white monoclinic organic mineral, 7-isopropyl-1,4a-dimethyl-dodecahydro-1H-phenanthrene, found in fossilized wood from Bavaria.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Fichtelite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “fichtelite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.