roeblingite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named in 1897 by Samuel Lewis Penfield and Harry Ward Foote in honour of Colonel Washington A. Roebling (1837-1926), engineer, founder of the Mineralogical Society of America, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge and avid mineral collector.

Roebling + -ite

Noun[edit]

roeblingite

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.

References[edit]

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Roeblingite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.