Etymology

fuenzalidaite

F4U1E1N1Z10A1L1I1D2A1I1T1E1

Today it means: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iodine, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

Named by Judith A. Konnert et al. in 1994 in honour of Humberto Fuenzalida Villegas (1904-1966), founder of the Chilean School of Geology within the University of Chile and the Geological Society of Chile Fuenzalida + -ite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.