orcelite
English
Etymology
Named after French professor of mineralogy Jean Orcel (1896–1978), curator of Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, + -ite.
Noun
orcelite
- (mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal orange white mineral containing arsenic and nickel.
Further reading
- “Orcelite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “orcelite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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