oppenheimerite
English
Etymology
Named in 2015 by Anthony R. Kampf et al. in honour of Dr. Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), physicist on the Manhattan Project.
Oppenheimer + -ite
Noun
oppenheimerite (countable and uncountable, plural oppenheimerites)
- (mineralogy) A triclinic mineral that is a mixed hydrated sodium sulfate and uranate
References
- “oppenheimerite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.