vauquelinite

English

Etymology

Louis Vauquelin (1763-1829), French chemist, and -ite.

Noun

vauquelinite (plural vauquelinites)

1. (mineralogy) A complex mineral, a combined chromate and phosphate of copper and lead.

Further reading

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