kidwellite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after American geologist Albert Laws Kidwell (1919–2008), +‎ -ite.

Noun[edit]

kidwellite (usually uncountable, plural kidwellites)

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

Further reading[edit]

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Kidwellite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “kidwellite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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