Etymology

quenselite

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Today it means: A monoclinic-sphenoidal pitch black mineral containing hydrogen, lead, manganese, and oxygen. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Swedish professor of mineralogy Percy Dudgeon Quensel (1881–1966), + -ite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.