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From Canfield + -ite, after American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849-1926).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
canfieldite
Today it means: A rare silver tin sulfide mineral. Full definition →
Today it means: A rare silver tin sulfide mineral. Full definition →
From Canfield + -ite, after American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849-1926).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.