guérinite

English

Etymology

Named by Yevgeny I Nefedov in 1961 in honour of Henri Guérin (born 1906), chemist at Paris-Sud University, France, who first synthesized the compound.

Guérin + -ite

Noun

guérinite

(mineralogy) A colourless monoclinic mineral containing calcium, astatine, hydrogen and oxygen.

References

David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Guérinite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.