Etymology

bukovskyite

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Today it means: An iron arsenate sulfate mineral that forms nodules with a reniform surface. Full definition →

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Named after Czech chemist Antonín Bukovský (1865–1950), who studied minerals of old pit heaps and in 1901 proved it was an arsenate.

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