achávalite

Meaning

Noun

A dark grey hexagonal mineral containing iron and selenium.

Origin

Named achavalite in 1939 after Luis Achával (1870-1938), civil engineer and Professor at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Renamed by the IMA in 2015.
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