Meanings
- chemistryA tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
[…] juanitaite, cornwallite, mixite, olivenite, scorodite, pharmacosiderite, philipsburgite, and tyrolite can be collected on the mine dumps. Austinite and juanitaite were first found and identified at the Gold Hill mine.
2005, Carl L. Ege, Selected Mining Districts of Utah, Utah Geological Survey, →ISBN, page 5Synonyms: Jni
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
Origin
From Juanita + -ite, named after Juanita A. Curtis (1917–2006), an American amateur mineral collector who discovered it.
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