roscoelite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after English chemist Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833–1915), +‎ -lite.

Noun[edit]

roscoelite (countable and uncountable, plural roscoelites)

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and vanadium.

Further reading[edit]

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