linnaeite

English

Etymology

Named in honour of Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) +‎ -ite.

Noun

linnaeite (countable and uncountable, plural linnaeites)

  1. (mineralogy) A cobalt sulfide mineral that forms a series with polydymite.

Further reading
  • “Linnaeite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “linnaeite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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