achávalite

English

Etymology

Named achavalite in 1939 after Luis Achával (1870-1938), civil engineer and Professor at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Renamed achávalite by the IMA in 2015.

Achával + -ite

Noun

achávalite

1. (mineralogy) A dark grey hexagonal mineral containing iron and selenium.

References

• “achávalite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.