arfvedsonite

English

Etymology

Named for Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841)

Noun

arfvedsonite (countable and uncountable, plural arfvedsonites)

1. (mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.

Translations

a rare sodium amphibole mineral

• Finnish: arfvedsoniitti
• Portuguese: arfvedsonita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Arfvedsonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “arfvedsonite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.