roeblingite

English

Etymology

Named in 1897 by Samuel Lewis Penfield and Harry Ward Foote in honour of Colonel Washington A. Roebling (1837-1926), engineer, founder of the Mineralogical Society of America, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge and avid mineral collector.

Roebling + -ite

Noun

roeblingite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.

References

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