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Named in 2015 by Anthony R. Kampf et al. in honour of Dr. Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), physicist on the Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer + -ite
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oppenheimerite
Today it means: A triclinic mineral that is a mixed hydrated sodium sulfate and uranate Full definition →