orcelite

English

Etymology

Named after French professor of mineralogy Jean Orcel (1896–1978), curator of Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, +‎ -ite.

Noun

orcelite

1. (mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal orange white mineral containing arsenic and nickel.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cerolite