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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)
- (mineralogy) A green variety of muscovite
Translations
green variety of muscovite
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Fuchsite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “fuchsite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
Italian
Noun
fuchsite f (plural fuchsiti)
- (mineralogy) fuchsite