mercallite

English

Etymology

Named after Italian volcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914)

Noun

mercallite

1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Mercallite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “mercallite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.