kidwellite

English

Etymology

Named after American geologist Albert Laws Kidwell (1919–2008), +‎ -ite.

Noun

kidwellite (usually uncountable, plural kidwellites)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Kidwellite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “kidwellite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.