julienite

English

julienite in the form of acicular electric blue crystals

Etymology

From Julien +‎ -ite; named after Henri Julien who died on 1 December 1920 at the age of 33 in the Congo. It was named by Alfred Schoep in 1928.

Noun

julienite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A blue monoclinic mineral with chemical name sodium tetrathiocyanatocobaltate(II) octahydrate.