bournonite

English

Etymology

Bournon +‎ -ite after French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825).

Noun

bournonite (countable and uncountable, plural bournonites)

1. (mineralogy) A sulfosalt mineral, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper.

Translations

mineral

• Finnish: bournoniitti

Further reading

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