chenevixite
English
Etymology
Named after Richard Chenevix (1774-1830), French chemist and the analyst of an arsenate of copper and iron from Cornwall in 1801 that was later shown to be chenevixite.
Chenevix + -ite
Noun
chenevixite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
References
- “Chenevixite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.