fornacite

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin fornāx, fornāc- (furnace) -ite, named in 1915 after Lucien Lewis Forneau (whose surname resembles French fourneau (stove), which, like fornāx, is ultimately from Latin furnus (oven)).

Noun

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fornacite

  1. (mineralogy) A rare monoclinic-prismatic lead copper chromate arsenate hydroxide mineral, which is generally green to yellow and translucent to transparent, and has a Mohs hardness of 2.3, a specific gravity of 6.27, and a Strunz classification of 7.FC.10.

References

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

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