oppenheimerite

English

Etymology

Named in 2015 by Anthony R. Kampf et al. in honour of Dr. Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), physicist on the Manhattan Project.

Oppenheimer + -ite

Noun

oppenheimerite (countable and uncountable, plural oppenheimerites)

1. (mineralogy) A triclinic mineral that is a mixed hydrated sodium sulfate and uranate

References

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