roscoelite

English

Etymology

Named after English chemist Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833–1915), +‎ -lite.

Noun

roscoelite (countable and uncountable, plural roscoelites)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and vanadium.

Further reading

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