berzelianite
English
Etymology
Named in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honour of Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848), Swedish chemist and the inventor of chemical symbol notation.
Berzelius + an + -ite
Noun
berzelianite
- (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper and selenium.
References
- “Berzelianite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.