achávalite
English
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Etymology
[edit]Named achavalite in 1939 after Luis Achával (1870-1938), civil engineer and Professor at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Renamed achávalite by the IMA in 2015.
Achával + -ite
Noun
[edit]achávalite
- (mineralogy) A dark grey hexagonal mineral containing iron and selenium.
References
[edit]- “achávalite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.