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From Chervet (“a surname”) + -ite; after French mineralogist Jean Chervet.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chervetite
Today it means: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing lead, oxygen, and vanadium. Full definition →
Today it means: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing lead, oxygen, and vanadium. Full definition →
From Chervet (“a surname”) + -ite; after French mineralogist Jean Chervet.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.