macfallite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after American author and amateur mineralogist Russell Patterson MacFall (1903–1983), + -ite.
Noun
[edit]macfallite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, copper, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and vanadium.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Macfallite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “macfallite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.