roscoelite

[ros-koh-lahyt]

noun

Mineralogy.

1. a brown variety of muscovite in which some aluminum is replaced by vanadium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of roscoelite¹

1875–80; named after Sir Henry Roscoe (1833–1915), English chemist; -lite

Example Sentences

Roscoelite is a vanadium mica from a gold mine at Granite creek, California.

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Locally the sandstones contain as much as 20 per cent of the roscoelite.

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