faujasite
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French faujasite, named after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist, by Alexis Damour, French mineralogist in 1842.
Pronunciation
Noun
faujasite (countable and uncountable, plural faujasites)
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Faujasite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “faujasite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
French
Etymology
From Faujas + -ite, named after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist, by Alexis Damour, French mineralogist in 1842.
Pronunciation
Noun
faujasite f (uncountable)