julienite

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English

julienite in the form of acicular electric blue crystals

Etymology

From Julien +‎ -ite; named after Henri Julien who died on 1 December 1920 at the age of 33 in the Congo. It was named by Alfred Schoep in 1928.

Noun

julienite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A blue monoclinic mineral with chemical name sodium tetrathiocyanatocobaltate(II) octahydrate.