andrewsite

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noun

A now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.

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Meanings

nounandrewsite (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountablechemistryA now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.

Origin

From Andrews + -ite, after the English chemist Thomas Andrews.

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andrewsite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/andrewsite

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