Meanings
- chemistryA monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, molybdenum, and oxygen.
Origin
From Czech Vajdak + -ite, after Josef Vajdak (1930–2019), for his significant contribution in the study of minerals in the Jachymov ore district (in northwestern Bohemia, Czechia).
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