fuchsite

English

Etymology

Named in 1842 by Karl F. Emil von Schafhäutl in honor of Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs, a German chemist and mineralogist.

Noun

fuchsite (plural fuchsites)

  1. (mineralogy) A green variety of muscovite

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Italian

Noun

fuchsite f (plural fuchsiti)

  1. (mineralogy) fuchsite
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