roeblingite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named in 1897 by Samuel Lewis Penfield and Harry Ward Foote in honour of Colonel Washington A. Roebling (1837-1926), engineer, founder of the Mineralogical Society of America, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge and avid mineral collector.
Roebling + -ite
Noun
[edit]roeblingite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.
References
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Roeblingite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.