rokühnite

noun

A monoclinic mineral containing iron, hydrogen, oxygen, and chlorine.

Meanings

noun
  1. chemistryA monoclinic mineral containing iron, hydrogen, oxygen, and chlorine.

Origin

Clipping of Robert + German Kühn + -ite, after Robert Kühn (1911–2000), German mineralogist and professor at Kaliforschungs-Institut der Kali und Salz AG, Hanover, Germany.

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