berzelianite

English

Etymology

Named in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honour of Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848), Swedish chemist and the inventor of chemical symbol notation.

Berzelius + an + -ite

Noun

berzelianite

1. (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper and selenium.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Berzelianite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.