melonite
English edit
Etymology edit
Melones + -ite, after the Melones and Stanislaus mine in Calaveras County, California.
Noun edit
melonite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A nickel telluride mineral.
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Melonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “melonite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.