baumhauerite

Meaning

Noun

A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, lead, and sulfur.

Origin

Named in 1902 by Richard Harrison Solly in honour of Heinrich Adolf Baumhauer (1848-1926), Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Fribourg.
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