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English
Etymology
Named after American geologist Charles Henry Maxwell (1923–) (who studied the mineral's type locality) + -ite.
Noun
maxwellite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic dark red mineral containing arsenic, fluorine, iron, oxygen, and sodium.
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