oppenheimerite

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English

Etymology

Named in 2015 by Anthony R. Kampf et al. in honour of Dr. Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), physicist on the Manhattan Project.

Oppenheimer + -ite

Noun

oppenheimerite (countable and uncountable, plural oppenheimerites)

  1. (mineralogy) A triclinic mineral that is a mixed hydrated sodium sulfate and uranate

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