morvenite Min.
(ˈmɔːvənaɪt)
[Named by T. Thomson from Morven in Scotland, its locality: see -ite.]
A variety or synonym of harmotome.
1836 T. Thomson Min., Geol., etc. I. 351 The third species [of harmotome], to which I have given the name of morvenite. 1883 M. F. Heddle in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 423/1. |