daviesite Min.
(ˈdeɪvɪzaɪt)
[f. the name of Thomas Davies (1837–92), British mineralogist: see -ite1.]
(See quots.)
| 1889 L. Fletcher in Min. Mag. May 171 Crystals of..an Oxychloride of lead (Daviesite), from Mina Beatriz, Sierra Gorda, Atacama, South America. 1951 in C. Palache et al. Dana's Syst. Min. (ed. 7) II. 58. 1963 M. H. Hey Index Min. Species, App. (ed. 2) 98 Daviesite... Delete..Syn. of hemimorphite. |