macfallite
English
Etymology
Named after American author and amateur mineralogist Russell Patterson MacFall (1903–1983), + -ite.
Noun
macfallite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, copper, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and vanadium.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Macfallite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “macfallite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.