chenevixite

English

Etymology

Named after Richard Chenevix (1774-1830), French chemist and the analyst of an arsenate of copper and iron from Cornwall in 1801 that was later shown to be chenevixite.

Chenevix + -ite

Noun

chenevixite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.

References

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